Example sentences of "[pron] took a long [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I took a long way round to Ramon 's friend 's address and told him what had happened . |
| 2 | Immediately after leaving SIS , I took a long holiday in Italy . |
| 3 | Mind you yours took a long time , you know that bump Tom had going to his |
| 4 | An attempt to establish a ‘ liberal communist ’ regime under Imre Nagy which appeared likely to take Hungary out of the Warsaw Treaty Organisation was brutally crushed by Soviet tanks in October 1956 , and a new leadership under János Kádár was installed which took a long time to establish any measure of domestic support . |
| 5 | Which took a long time to recover from . |
| 6 | Some rays , which took a longer time to travel , left the white hole earlier ( when it was smaller ) while others , which took less time to travel , would have left the white hole later ( when it was bigger ) . |
| 7 | She took a long drink of her tea and then continued , ‘ Anyway , she 'll go before long , never fear . ’ |
| 8 | Unused to spicy food , she took a long mouthful of the gin and tonic , which she could now no longer even taste , then very deliberately she finished the chicken wing and ate another one . |
| 9 | She took a long time to dress . |
| 10 | There was a lot to look at , so she took a long time coming back after school , stopping to watch the men mending holes in the roads , to watch the demolition team with their mighty metal ball swinging on its chain from the crane clearing the bomb-site , to watch carpenters erecting wooden hoardings around the cleared sites to keep the people out , to see bill-stickers on ladders pasting huge coloured pictures on to the hoardings . |
| 11 | And she took a long time to answer it . |
| 12 | She took a long draw on her cigarette , looking at me curiously . |
| 13 | ‘ After seeing the PM you took a long leave and then came back . |
| 14 | And Fergie honestly admitted of his shock £1million signing from Cambridge : ‘ We took a long time assessing him . |
| 15 | Because everything took a long time to complete , I started to savour occupations which in the past I had regarded as chores to be endured . |
| 16 | And they took a long time making it . |
| 17 | And they took a long time serving it . |
| 18 | They took a long time to settle , missing more than they realised the wise , old heads of Ackford , Teague and even Richards . |
| 19 | Mozart , whose feelings for her took a long time to cool , later wrote more music for her , including the role of Madame Herz in his Singspiel Der Schauspieldirektor ( The Impresario ) , and she was the first Viennese Donna Anna in Don Giovanni . |
| 20 | He took a long pull . |
| 21 | He took a long sip . |
| 22 | He took a long drink from the bottle of wine , saying , ‘ Here 's luck ! ’ |
| 23 | He took a long drink and filled his bottle . |
| 24 | He took a long swig , put the glass down and wiped his mis-shaven upper lip contentedly . |
| 25 | He took a long look at the approaching man , who was obviously not keen on leaving the shelter of the trees . |
| 26 | He took a long breath , becoming severely practical before he got out of his depth . |
| 27 | He took a long breath . |
| 28 | He took a long breath then shrugged . |
| 29 | He took a long drag on the cigarette and looked at his watch again . |
| 30 | His dark-brown eyes burnt into mine ; he took a long moment to reply . |