Example sentences of "[vb mod] take as [adv] [subord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The-troops also slept in the lavatories — a very awkward situation , this , as sometimes , if there was an air-raid , the train crawled and the journey could take as long as sixteen hours . |
| 2 | ‘ Suddenly we had a situation where money for the studio was no object : we could take as long as we liked . |
| 3 | If accepted , the appeal process could take as long as three years , according to reports . |
| 4 | As we had managed to walk so far the previous day , we were fairly high up in the mountains , and knew that the fog could take as long as 48 hours to clear . |
| 5 | It may take as long as 250 years to reach that height . |
| 6 | It may take as long as a week for all the caterpillars to make their chrysalises . |
| 7 | The eggs of other frogs and toads not adapted to ephemeral pools may take as long as six weeks to hatch . |
| 8 | The process may take 5 minutes , it may take as long as 15 . |
| 9 | It may take as long as an hour to return to port . |
| 10 | Creating a game from a film costs hundreds of thousands of pounds and can take as long as making the movie . |
| 11 | Settlement can be a drawn out affair and can take as long as six months or more from the time your debt became overdue . |
| 12 | I have walked it in a day , but it can take as long as a week to complete . |
| 13 | It can take as long as two weeks after you give your blood sample before you get your result , which can be a difficult and stressful time . |
| 14 | The coarse grist can take as long as six months , by which time many plants that are intended to benefit will have long since gone . |
| 15 | First you are told that you can take as long as you like to put the counters in the jar . |
| 16 | BELOW Making a detailed scale drawing of a vertical section can take as long as excavating the feature in the first place . |
| 17 | Unless sent by an air courier , an ocean bill of lading can take as long as a week to arrive by air mail . |
| 18 | It is our experience that from appointment to completion , the sale of a company can take as long as six months or , perhaps , longer . |