Example sentences of "[noun sg] a [adj] time [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Any discomfort as a result of this will be mentally connected with pain and it will take the horse a long time to forget both physically and mentally . |
| 2 | But is n't the middle of a recession a bad time to try and sell a business ? |
| 3 | It has taken Gary Pallister a long time to fulfil the promise that tempted Alex Ferguson to part with £2.3m but in America the Manchester United centre-half delivered a powerful case for elevation to first choice . |
| 4 | The recession of the 1870s was shallow , but one that took the economy a long time to climb out of . |
| 5 | It is not advisable to indulge in elegant variation ; repetition of the same word a dozen times to convey the same meaning in the same paragraph is better than risking ambiguity . |
| 6 | Children will enjoy seeing the chaos as Henry leads all the young animals out into the forest , where it takes the farmer a long time to catch them . |
| 7 | Back on the A34 we circled a roundabout a few times to test the road-holding . |