Example sentences of "[modal v] [verb] a long time " in BNC.
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| 1 | It seemed that it must take a long time for such peace to be broken . |
| 2 | Those days must seem a long time ago . |
| 3 | As this is a new ( as opposed to a rebuilt second hand ) engine it should last a long time and parts are available worldwide . |
| 4 | They should last a long time , and can be stripped down and boiled to clean them . |
| 5 | ‘ We might wait a long time ! ’ he said . |
| 6 | In Prague the talk is of starting with a break-up of the monopolies , and letting the market rip later — but de-monopolising the economy might take a long time . |
| 7 | That might take a long time , they intimated . |
| 8 | Wherever they went , they would have to go on foot , which might take a long time . |
| 9 | For members of the nobility the struggles of Lancaster and York could have drastic results , particularly for those who incurred forfeiture through ending up on the losing side ; although attainders could be reversed and lands restored , this might take a long time ( 130 , Ch.5 ) . |
| 10 | ‘ It 'll take a long time in the courts , wo n't it , though ? ’ |
| 11 | It 'll take a long time at his age but it 'll mend . |
| 12 | Now that will be hard , that needs a good deal of thought and it 'll take a long time . |
| 13 | Now the trouble with fractions is if you do n't know your tables it can be you can work it out you could get there but it 'll take a long time if you do know your tables you just go , Yeah three fours are twelve . |
| 14 | Shoelaces are difficult ; most five-year-olds manage to tie them , but it 'll take a long time if the only practice she gets is actually putting on the shoes each morning . |
| 15 | I know that 'll take a long time to do it though wo n't it ? |
| 16 | It , it 'll take a long time before it starts to buck up . |
| 17 | she can move them but she 's got no use in them , so they said it 'll take a long time |
| 18 | The centre core gives ‘ durability ’ — they 'll last a long time and the overwrap improves the ‘ playability ’ or feel or response to the ball . |
| 19 | Even here , one could wait a long time . |
| 20 | a long time it 'd take a long time . |
| 21 | They 'd take a long time to dry would n't they , then , on the sticks and that |
| 22 | ‘ Just tell it the way it happened and try not to get sidetracked , ’ said Melissa , thinking that this could take a long time . |
| 23 | The specialists had said that if she was careful , she could live a long time . |
| 24 | It was the only time I felt slightly frightened and that was mainly because I 'd heard that a posterior labour could last a long time — even 24 hours . |
| 25 | Many French dishes are basically simple but may take a long time to prepare in the traditional way . |
| 26 | treatment may take a long time ; and |
| 27 | A few young people are really ‘ stuck ’ on glue or products and it may take a long time to help them . |
| 28 | There are frictions in the markets for capital , labour , and products , and it may take a long time for changes in the pattern of demand to work their way through the system . |
| 29 | It may take a long time discussing the parents ' child-rearing philosophy and even discussing their own childhood experiences of discipline to unearth the cause of these deep-seated feelings . |
| 30 | Relationships once broken in this way may take a long time to heal . |