Example sentences of "[verb] i a long time " in BNC.
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1 | I am so angry it takes me a long time to find the words . |
2 | got a lot of cards and it takes me a long time to do it |
3 | Great , they last me a long time |
4 | It will take me a long time to correct & copy , though : when I have done so , of course you shall have it . |
5 | ‘ It will take me a long time to define what I mean . |
6 | I 'm sorry , it 's taking me a long time cos I do n't know what to do . |
7 | 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 . |
8 | It took me a long time to work out why I was eating my meals off a trampoline . ’ |
9 | It took me a long time to learn to transfer my attention to men . |
10 | 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 . |
11 | It took me a long time , years rather than months , to relax enough for anyone to feel they could tell me anything . |
12 | ‘ It took me a long time to learn a fundamental truth about empowerment . |
13 | I do n't know why it took me a long time to get into the match . |
14 | It took me a long time even to begin to look at what I was going through . |
15 | It took me a long time to remove the stain . |
16 | 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 . |
17 | 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 . |
18 | It took me a long time to find . |
19 | It took me a long time to understand that . ’ |
20 | It took me a long time to find it , too , with no qualifications and a lifetime of being a housewife . |
21 | I , it took me a long time , time to realise that one can be for a mug . |
22 | so it took me a long time to live down my weeds the lady with the weeds |
23 | I just think I just think it 's quite important for us all to realize I did a , when I used to do a similar job to this it took me a long time before I realized that the customer , you know on the phone does n't know that your you should n't have asked an open question there |
24 | One set of typefaces that I like there are on the slightly goofy side are the Goudys erm and it took me a long time of , your know , hearing purists try to explain to me why before I understood the distinction . |
25 | 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 ’ . ’ |
26 | I 'm a slow learner and it has taken me a long time to get there . |
27 | It may have taken me a long time to find out about him . |
28 | " It has taken me a long time to get here , " said the jubilant Mancunian as he left the press centre to start his celebrations . |
29 | Well it 's taken me a long time to even be able to give affection . |
30 | These flowers have lasted me a long time cos Ruth gave them to me on my birthday last month . |