Example sentences of "[conj] [noun] take [art] long " in BNC.
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| 1 | The gizzard-stone treatment meant that food took a long time to digest . |
| 2 | She agrees with Gnome Pfeiffer ( coauthor of The Experience of Infertility , Virago ) that feminists took a long time to put infertility on the political agenda , and she suggests that this is partly due to attitudes toward motherhood . |
| 3 | The climatic extremes of the far north mean that forests take a long time to regenerate . |
| 4 | The engine box had a centre ‘ handle ’ and Ian took a long time sighting his chimney by this . |
| 5 | If DPR takes a long position , I 'll press a red button . |
| 6 | Cardiff was , of course , built on mud flats , and nature takes a long time to change . |
| 7 | Wendy and Mary take a long large selections of books and yarns each month , give talks and demonstrations from time to time and are a mine of information on all things knitting — they do the same for other knitting clubs in the area . |
| 8 | Oh it 's obvious that safety 's involved , I think that er it 's also er road use because er if people take a long time er going forwards and back trying to get into a space to park because they do n't have the basic skills to enable them to do it , then it 's frustrating for other motorists , and obviously accidents can be caused . |
| 9 | The box and pyrotechnics take a long time to set up , so we ca n't rehearse and have to hope it will be all right on the night . |
| 10 | We have asked to do so , but changes take a long time to come into effect . |
| 11 | The four-cylinder engine was more reliable in 1957 , but BRM took a long time to realise that the P25 's air strut suspension — carried over from the V16 — was the cause of its savage oversteer . |
| 12 | They were pulled into the stewards room after the race as officials took a long look at an incident early in the straight.A ban would have ruled the pair out of the Cambridgeshire and the Arc , but no action was taken . |