Example sentences of "[adv] take [art] long time " in BNC.

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1 Since it necessarily takes a long time to produce such a report , the mandatory period within which the legal claim should be registered has frequently , even usually , expired before the report is available .
2 They were out there , it just took a long time to find them .
3 However , the seeds had been sown in my mind — they just took a long time to grow !
4 it 's just taking a long time .
5 Still takes a long time to chew .
6 Bernie Ecclestone , however , feels guardedly optimistic , ‘ It always takes a long time to get an F1 race up and running in the US , ’ he said .
7 He was however er reasonably clear as to the speed at which local authorities tend to deal with these matters , he said that it always takes a long time and getting any answer out of the local authority might well take somewhere between six months and up to two years , he thought that perhaps eighteen months was a reasonable guess before he would actually manage to get somebody if Paul were to move as er , it maybe well occur to here or a different local authority then of course the application would just go back to square one and that would lead to more delay .
8 Well it 's always takes a long time .
9 Erm , I was going to mention , as Rob has done the increase in new complaints , which I think is somewhat welcome erm , we 're still taking a long time from the averages over the last twelve months , I think that 's just reflecting being out some days over the ones you 've been talking about , er , we 're down on actual stage one equipments in the month erm , we 're not quite sure why that is , mm it 's just the way things have panned out .
10 Our prospective visitor bowed to the inevitable and wrote to us : ‘ Owing to procedure for obtaining a visa usually taking a long time it seems impossible to start our work at the date you suggested .
11 She had always taken a long time over her toilet : a review of her clothes ; a long-drawn-out bath ; massage ; manicure ; then her hair and make-up .
12 Not only do books often tend to be rather broad in their approach to a subject , but they can also take a long time to be published after they are written and the information may thus be out of date .
13 In a big house it often takes a long time for everyone to find ‘ Smee ’ .
14 Also the fragility of the grammar — there are a number of features that are not covered by the grammar and it often takes a long time to reject the sentence .
15 We often take a long time to hear of what is going on in the outside world and when we do find out , it can take even longer to get into the field .
16 ‘ They often take a long time .
17 Victims frequently took a long time to die , often very unpleasantly .
18 The two drawbacks were that it initially took a long time to get into , and it was hot — the first problem was solved , the second not .
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