Example sentences of "[verb] [verb] a long time " in BNC.
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| 1 | Another super-domestique of great experience is Sean Yates from Sussex , who has won a long time trial stage in the tour . |
| 2 | It has taken a long time to reduce the effects of that defect but it is now under control . |
| 3 | The pyramid has taken a long time to crumble . |
| 4 | It has taken a long time to get justice but the compensation will give financial security to my family and give us sufficient breathing space to try and rebuild our lives . |
| 5 | ‘ It has taken a long time getting Australian rugby to the top and we are n't about to throw that away in one game , ’ he added . |
| 6 | Surprisingly , it has taken a long time to arrange something that most would have considered to be basic . |
| 7 | It has taken a long time for such unashamed aspiration to reach these shores , yet now , that mentality which is increasingly being demanded by the British in pursuance of their leisure activities , has finally arrived . |
| 8 | It has taken a long time for those engaged in mainstream adult education to attribute any significance to the Women 's Movement . |
| 9 | Such a measure has taken a long time to appear . |
| 10 | It has taken a long time to get justice but the compensation will give financial security to my family and give us sufficient breathing space to try and rebuild our lives . |
| 11 | ‘ She has waited a long time for rest . |
| 12 | Clough has waited a long time for a decent run to establish himself after more than two years as squad makeweight . |
| 13 | ‘ I stopped mourning a long time ago . ’ |
| 14 | But once again this ‘ temporary ’ extension of power and influence has lasted a long time , and the relative weighting of Diet , Cabinet , Bureaucracy and Judiciary remains a debated issue . |
| 15 | She seemed to wait a long time before she heard footsteps within , and then a light sprang up beyond the frosted glass . |
| 16 | He 'd spent a long time twisting bits of wire together and finding a safe way to steal electricity from the fusebox . |
| 17 | Besides , he 'd learned a long time before that you can love a person without loving what they do . |
| 18 | ‘ I thought we 'd taken a long time to get here . ’ |
| 19 | Grandson Richard 's reply seemed to take a long time . |
| 20 | It seemed to take a long time . |
| 21 | It seemed to take a long time to reach the end of the wall and I was about to turn right towards the door of the farm kitchen when from my left I heard the sudden rattle of a chain then a roaring creature launched itself at me , bayed once , mightily , into my face and was gone . |
| 22 | He 'd realized a long time ago that he 'd married a woman who cuddled complete strangers in the street and probably had a season ticket for West Ham in her handbag . |
| 23 | Certainly those who were in the square in 1387 hoping to see the completion of the Duomo would have had to wait a long time , far longer than the span of a human life . |
| 24 | Though Louis had had plenty of time to gain experience of ruling and to form a court of his own in the subkingdom of Aquitaine ( he had been king there since the age of three ) , he had had to wait a long time for his father 's inheritance . |
| 25 | ‘ I have had to wait a long time for the freedom , but it will be passed down and at least I can say that I was a Freeman of Chester . |
| 26 | I never say my work is going to last a long time — usually five to ten years , though obviously the smaller pieces which are kept inside last as long as people look after them . |
| 27 | The war 's going to last a long time yet . ’ |
| 28 | ‘ For one who intends to stay a long time with us , Englishman , you know little of us . |
| 29 | Citing cases , though usually a necessary part of the moot , tends to take a long time and to be boring for the audience . |
| 30 | ‘ This is going to take a long time , ’ said Tony . |