Example sentences of "[v-ing] [to-vb] a long time " in BNC.
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1 | I never say my work is going to last a long time — usually five to ten years , though obviously the smaller pieces which are kept inside last as long as people look after them . |
2 | The war 's going to last a long time yet . ’ |
3 | ‘ This is going to take a long time , ’ said Tony . |
4 | Formed in teams , this task it was then to er across the practice areas whose task it was to get into those clients , get to know them , get to know their industry , get to know the people and find ways in which we could actually penetrate them and er open doors and that was going to take a long time and it is taking a long time . |
5 | It 's going to take a long time yet . |
6 | That 's going to take a long time . |
7 | We have come to realize that many of us will not see the improvements in our quality of life , as this is going to take a long time . |
8 | The libel laws should be changed to provide a ‘ fast track ’ system allowing victims of media falsehoods to correct them quickly without having to wait a long time for their cases to go to court and gamble on the result . |
9 | But there are particular areas like this , you having to wait a long time and if you come into the building to go and see a film and you 've you 've left an hour to , to have some food you , you really should n't be missing the film because |