Example sentences of "[conj] [verb] [adv] long [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Reacting too slowly and taking too long to make a decision can also be hazardous . |
| 2 | But facing facts as they are now , it is unlikely that you will encounter many offers of wholemeal pasta and rice on the restaurant circuit ; they are considered too chewy for the ‘ average ’ palate and take too long to cook . |
| 3 | ‘ How can an athlete train and prepare so well and be so good and take so long to recover ? |
| 4 | How can an athlete train so well , be so good and take so long to recover ? |
| 5 | It 's unlikey that you 're lucky enough to own a Sinclair Harding clock — they 're so exclusive , and take so long to make that only seven hundred have been produced over the last twenty five years . |
| 6 | Chairwoman Dr Peggy Norris said : ‘ The Hippocratic ethic — the foundation of Western medicine — is now being ignored ; being brushed aside to permit the removal of the aged and infirm , and those like the old soldiers who do not die but take too long to fade away . |