Example sentences of "[vb past] take a long [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | ‘ I thought we 'd taken a long time to get here . ’ |
2 | Grandson Richard 's reply seemed to take a long time . |
3 | It seemed to take a long time . |
4 | It seemed to take a long time to reach the end of the wall and I was about to turn right towards the door of the farm kitchen when from my left I heard the sudden rattle of a chain then a roaring creature launched itself at me , bayed once , mightily , into my face and was gone . |
5 | Although she had had a shower before going to the boat , she decided to take a long bath . |
6 | It did take a long time for anything to happen . |
7 | It had taken a long while , Harry thought as he glanced fondly at Cora-Beth , before he had got over Madeleine 's rejection of him and the shock of her marriage to Dunbar . |
8 | He had quite liked the thought of being fit and athletic some time in the future , although the signs had taken a long time coming . |
9 | According to Sutton , Pilger made him cancel interviews which had taken a long time to set up . |
10 | Then , there was a description of the child 's functioning : he had taken a long time to settle into school , e.g. routine and order of the class . |
11 | Having said that he was very immature the report added that there had been considerable improvement , but it had taken a long time ( he had only been at school for four terms and had had a change of teacher ) . |
12 | Our visit had taken a long time and we returned to Skeldale House for lunch . |
13 | It had taken a long time for the initial hostility and suspicion between them to wear off . |
14 | He had taken a longer walk than he intended and by the time he returned to the coast road at Newlyn it was quite dark . |
15 | He paused to take a long draught of his own coffee . |