Example sentences of "[noun prp] take a long [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Hyacinth took a long time to respond .
2 Bert took a long sniff and looked at Yanto .
3 Turner took a long breath .
4 Jake took a long swig from his glass .
5 Horace took a long view of excellence ; a very rough idea of his aesthetic commitment to the tradition of Greek letters , and some understanding of the initially cool ( or possibly baffled ) public reception of his Greek-inspired Odes , might be gained if we were to try to imagine one of our own Augustans studiously engaged , while everyone else relied on the staple measure of the heroic couplet , in the production of poems imitating the intricate court metres of the Nordic skald , such as the Drottkvaett , or the Dunhenda .
6 Mr Gillis took a long look from one tip of the arc of boys round to the other .
7 Bodo took a long mouthful of beer .
8 Sims took a long time to think about answering that .
9 Connor took a long swig of beer and wiped his mouth before replying .
10 Li Shai Tung took a long breath , calming himself .
11 If DPR takes a long position , I 'll press a red button .
12 Reg Butler took a long drag on his cigar and glanced up from his newspaper .
13 Sam took a long look at her face .
14 Geoffrey took a long drink of his whisky .
15 Tippy took a long drink .
16 Biff took a long swallow from his flask and looked round sourly like a dog disturbed at its bone .
17 Sophie took a long breath that came in torn fragments — the aftermath of weeping .
18 The engine box had a centre ‘ handle ’ and Ian took a long time sighting his chimney by this .
19 Kate took a long pull on her cigarette and sighed .
20 Bob took a long draught of whisky , spilling some of it down his chin .
21 Hdtest takes a long time to complete its task ; I just leave it running overnight .
22 Yanto took a long swig of cider , then closed his eyes and leaned back against the tree trunk with a sign of contentment .
23 O'Hara took a long time to kick-start the motorbike from the kerb .
24 Charles took a long pull .
25 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 .
26 Cool head with Italian passion on his hands Patrick Agnew in Cagliari watches Italy 's manager Azeglio Vicini take a long view of today 's match against Argentina .
27 Cool head with Italian passion on his hands Patrick Agnew in Cagliari watches Italy 's manager Azeglio Vicini take a long view of today 's match against Argentina .
28 Dalziel took a long pull at his pint and sighed happily .
29 The French had to give up New France , surrendering the St. Lawrence valley and the east side of the Mississippi ( except for a small area around New Orleans ) to the British , and transfer to the Spanish what was left , so the Spanish empire in North America took a long step forward to the north-east from its base in Texas and New Mexico .
30 Aunt Tossie took a long pull at her drink .
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