Example sentences of "[verb] a long time and " in BNC.
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| 1 | But there are particular areas like this , you having to wait a long time and if you come into the building to go and see a film and you 've you 've left an hour to , to have some food you , you really should n't be missing the film because |
| 2 | The Triton tubes are more expensive , but they provide a great deal of light for their size , they last a long time and they do not fade with age . |
| 3 | Sage , rosemary and lavender need no visual description , though it is not always realized that sage has spikes of vividly blue-mauve flowers which last a long time and are highly magnetic to bees . |
| 4 | The stitching takes a long time and hurts Stig a lot more than it hurts the rest of us . |
| 5 | This takes a long time and is reflected in the price of the product . |
| 6 | Hyperactive children may ‘ grow out of it ’ in time , but this takes a long time and their behaviour tends to get worse before it gets better . |
| 7 | The legal process takes a long time and the task of getting new Regulations approved remained incomplete when I retired . |
| 8 | But this takes a long time and a lot of convincing . |
| 9 | He was however er reasonably clear as to the speed at which local authorities tend to deal with these matters , he said that it always takes a long time and getting any answer out of the local authority might well take somewhere between six months and up to two years , he thought that perhaps eighteen months was a reasonable guess before he would actually manage to get somebody if Paul were to move as er , it maybe well occur to here or a different local authority then of course the application would just go back to square one and that would lead to more delay . |
| 10 | Reconciling yourself to making the final decision can take a long time and be very painful . |
| 11 | Defending a petition can take a long time and be expensive . |
| 12 | It took a long time and many attempts before the standard route was worked out . |
| 13 | For example , a reduction in the cost of grinding and polishing plate glass was made possible by the float process , but it took a long time and a great deal of money to make it work . |
| 14 | It took a long time and I 'm not sure I ever did . |
| 15 | Our visit had taken a long time and we returned to Skeldale House for lunch . |
| 16 | Feel as if I had lived a long time and done very little . |
| 17 | They waited a long time and nobody appeared but the Brigadier did n't call again . |
| 18 | As this is a new ( as opposed to a rebuilt second hand ) engine it should last a long time and parts are available worldwide . |
| 19 | Well-designed signs are expensive , but this expense is a good investment in that the signs will last a long time and help overcome the physical barriers of the library . |
| 20 | The centre core gives ‘ durability ’ — they 'll last a long time and the overwrap improves the ‘ playability ’ or feel or response to the ball . |
| 21 | Citing cases , though usually a necessary part of the moot , tends to take a long time and to be boring for the audience . |
| 22 | Formed in teams , this task it was then to er across the practice areas whose task it was to get into those clients , get to know them , get to know their industry , get to know the people and find ways in which we could actually penetrate them and er open doors and that was going to take a long time and it is taking a long time . |
| 23 | It seemed to have lasted a long time and there had been no glory for me in it . |