Example sentences of "[vb past] [pers pn] a long time " in BNC.
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| 31 | It was difficult for her to breathe , and it took her a long time to climb the stairs . |
| 32 | As soon as she 'd gone , Flavia Sherman began to fumble with the buckle of her belt ; but her hands shook uncontrollably and it took her a long time to undress . |
| 33 | It took her a long time to negotiate the journey to the small , functional bathroom across the passage , but in the end she accomplished it without incident . |
| 34 | It just took us a long time . ’ |
| 35 | And er it took us a long time to get the special material because as you will gather , we tend to do everything properly , so we had to have the a cloth specially woven er handwoven of course and especially dyed and for once we had it especially fooled in other words the nap was raised . |
| 36 | But it took us a long time to actually get to that stage because er , the police are at fault , the police launch these schemes and they go away and say get on with it and off we go |
| 37 | Big overlap on , especially on stuff like this about the dynamics erm do n't forget that sort of first sheet I gave you a long time ago about |
| 38 | You did it a long time before anybody else . |
| 39 | Had it a long time have n't you ? |
| 40 | ‘ I forgave you a long time ago . ’ |