Example sentences of "[adj] [verb] [art] long time " in BNC.
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| 1 | He was prepared to wait a long time to gain the king 's good will , and meanwhile to support the king in his enterprises . |
| 2 | Like Lanfranc he had welcomed royal co-operation , and had been prepared to wait a long time for it . |
| 3 | This takes a long time and is reflected in the price of the product . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | In order to gain reasonable competence by the simple approach , the robot has to record more than 1000 entries in the set R. This takes a long time . |
| 6 | But this takes a long time and a lot of convincing . |
| 7 | This seems a long time . |
| 8 | I thought does n't this take a long time just for a little tiny bit ? |
| 9 | The proportion saying they decided ‘ during the last few days ’ is nearly one in seven of all who voted on Thursday , and double the 1987 figure : 198319871992 Decided a long time ago788173 Two or three weeks ago141213 During the last few days 8 714 |
| 10 | Learning about the cultural , marketing and distribution characteristics of such a diverse market as the EC is likely to involve considerable use of the resources and effort of companies , consequently this process is likely to take a long time . |
| 11 | It all seems a long time ago . |
| 12 | Quite often ( but not always ) such cases are called in by the Secretary of State even where the planning authority is minded to grant consent , in order to allow interested groups a chance to air their views ; so it can all take a long time . |
| 13 | And does that take a long time ? |
| 14 | They were happy to wait a long time for their meals because they could look at her . |
| 15 | ( That took a long time too . |
| 16 | The wounded took a long time to arrive . |