Example sentences of "[verb] a [adv] long time " in BNC.
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| 31 | ‘ That did n't take a very long time , ’ said Masklin . |
| 32 | The process of separatism growing into a global force would thus take a very long time . |
| 33 | ‘ It will take a very long time before we can fully cooperate ’ , said Czech-born Thomas Messer . |
| 34 | Of course , that will take a very long time indeed . |
| 35 | It would take a very long time to implement and would be very costly . |
| 36 | The move towards economic sanctions is necessary , unfortunately , but sanctions will take a very long time to work . |
| 37 | Companies which find it more difficult because it 's the centre of their existence , erm , are clearly looking at the situation , but will actually take a very long time to move to the position which you , in your particular group would like them to occupy , and I understand that , changing in I C I is rather different from changing at I B M , and er , therefore it takes longer , but I do see a a consciousness , it 's the same conscious , you 're impatient for change , quite rightly , companies of course , have to keep their employees in an earning capacity , at the same time , er , move towards the position which you would like to them to do , and it may take a long time , but I accept your point , which is with some companies , then in fact , your clearly going to get attention of some kind . |
| 38 | New trees are being planted but it will take a very long time to repair the damage . |
| 39 | Although viruses have such a simple structure , biologists do not conclude that they are necessarily ‘ primitive ’ ; that is , that they evolved a very long time ago as precursors of more complex organisms . |
| 40 | Two men were taking a suspiciously long time on a roof . |
| 41 | He took a terribly long time to clean his hands . |
| 42 | ‘ It took a very long time to reconcile myself with my father . ’ |
| 43 | ‘ It 's easy to edit now electronically , but in those days , where editing was done by looking down a microscope for a metal ink pulse , cutting the tape physically with a guillotine and then joining edges together with sticky tape , it took a very long time and could be very wasteful . ’ |
| 44 | Which took a very long time . |
| 45 | He took a very long time over it and in the end just lipped the hole . |
| 46 | ‘ He stated it had all started a very long time ago when he was serving in the army in India and he admitted to still being sexually frustrated . ’ |
| 47 | The record 's gone through a lot of transformations and taken a hellaciously long time to get done . ’ |
| 48 | ‘ It ca n't be denied that all this has taken a very long time to come about , but I think that , political wrangling aside , much of the delay has been due to genuine uncertainty about the tax implications of moving money around from one body to another . |
| 49 | The disentangling of ancient mergers that we observe here has taken a very long time , and the best explanation for the persistence of this alternating class is again a social explanation : the ‘ vernacular ’ alternant carries an identity function and strong connotations of closeness and intimacy . |
| 50 | Eighty years does n't seem a very long time when you consider the art of acting has been prospering in Europe over the last four hundred or so years , quite apart from the great traditions of ancient Greek drama . |
| 51 | The subordinate status of professionals lasted a very long time indeed . |
| 52 | We waited a very long time in growing unease . |
| 53 | He waited a very long time before saying , ‘ Talk , talk , talk , a man ca n't get a word in edgeways . ’ |
| 54 | They waited a very long time for his answer . |
| 55 | The problem is that the majority of vets are men and cats often take a very long time to forget the helpful attentions they receive at their local animal clinics . |
| 56 | They may suck on it until it dissolves sufficiently to swallow rather than chew it and so meal-times take a very long time . |
| 57 | One problem is that appeals to the European Court from decisions of DGIV tend to take a very long time , and there is also some doubt as to whether the Court is an appropriately constituted body to act as a review tribunal in the sense described above . |
| 58 | It is a worthwhile form of enquiry but , in this area , it is likely to take a very long time before the scientists can reach a consensus which will seem in the least convincing to non-scientists . |
| 59 | So it 's going to take a very long time , because it has been male orientated , but until we get the attitude of the work place , which is encouraging their piers to apply for jobs instead of , oh , of course , I do n't think I will apply for that job . |
| 60 | So they 've kept a very long time . |