Example sentences of "[pron] a long time [to-vb] " in BNC.
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1 | Yes , I was just going to say you can do that with , like if you go , it takes you a long time to do it with prospects , they know you over the years , so you can just walk in . |
2 | Then , steering the conversation back on course , she said , ‘ Are you saying it took you a long time to get over Jennifer ? ’ |
3 | got a lot of cards and it takes me a long time to do it |
4 | ‘ It will take me a long time to define what I mean . |
5 | so it took me a long time to live down my weeds the lady with the weeds |
6 | That 's why it has taken me a long time to say ‘ I do work hard , so I need people to do this kind of stuff ’ . ’ |
7 | It took me a long time to remove the stain . |
8 | Clambering over rocks and following narrow sheep trails — which tended to peter out disconcertingly in the thick bracken — it took me a long time to find a possible beck-traversing spot . |
9 | It took me a long time to find . |
10 | I am so angry it takes me a long time to find the words . |
11 | It may have taken me a long time to find out about him . |
12 | It took me a long time to find it , too , with no qualifications and a lifetime of being a housewife . |
13 | It took me a long time to work out why I was eating my meals off a trampoline . ’ |
14 | It took me a long time to admit that , but I gradually realized that many people were grateful to me for sharing the thought with them . |
15 | It will take me a long time to correct & copy , though : when I have done so , of course you shall have it . |
16 | It took me a long time to accept the fact that now I should not be killed — that I should be one of the survivors . |
17 | It took me a long time to accept solos at all , and to this day there are still so few lead players that I really like . |
18 | It took me a long time to learn to transfer my attention to men . |
19 | ‘ It took me a long time to learn a fundamental truth about empowerment . |
20 | I do n't know why it took me a long time to get into the match . |
21 | I 'm a slow learner and it has taken me a long time to get there . |
22 | " It has taken me a long time to get here , " said the jubilant Mancunian as he left the press centre to start his celebrations . |
23 | It took me a long time to understand that . ’ |
24 | However , it took them a long time to see an ally in the Poles . |
25 | THE drivers who moaned about the parking problems at the Genesis concert at Knebworth because it took them a long time to get out make me mad . |
26 | it took them a long time to begin with when he started . |
27 | It took him a long time to recover . |
28 | Ken Stevens loved both his girls and Rachel knew it had taken him a long time to come to terms with Jennifer 's illness ; she doubted he would ever forgive David Markham for walking out on her at such a crucial time . |
29 | It had taken him a long time to adjust himself to this , but now it no longer irritated him , and he felt only pity for his wife . |
30 | It took her a long time to negotiate the journey to the small , functional bathroom across the passage , but in the end she accomplished it without incident . |