Example sentences of "take a long " in BNC.
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| 1 | Many people practice relaxation techniques , take a long soak in a bath of warm ( not hot or cold ) water , or have a quiet read in bed before turning out the light . |
| 2 | But the wounds inflicted by the media will , it appears , take a long time to heal . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | It was September , when the days take a long time to wake up and the green of the trees is brushed with gold . |
| 6 | ‘ I think it 's a waste of time growing vegetables such as sprouts and cabbages that take a long time to grow and are cheap in the shops , but I enjoy growing beans , carrots and marrows . |
| 7 | Also the carbs on the SD1 V8 engine take a long time to return to idle when you take your foot off the throttle . |
| 8 | Very dirty items , if they are cleaned immediately and take a long time , can upset the flow and cause a log-jam of dirties with congestion in the reception area which restricts work further . |
| 9 | When you have recovered from the shock , take a long , hard look at how you organise your horse 's welfare ; you may well be able to make cutbacks that are in no way detrimental to his health . |
| 10 | A CAB interview with scant attention to emotional problems is generally lengthy because forms are complex ; because benefit calculations take a long time ; because contacting the Department of Social Security on the telephone takes even longer and calculating an equitable distribution of debt repayments longer still . |
| 11 | Take a long in-breath through your nose . |
| 12 | For one thing they are not really cultivated , mostly because the trees take a long time to bear fruit and even then are not very prolific . |
| 13 | It is towards high definition programs that take a long time to write . |
| 14 | The reason why some people take a long time to learn the Technique is because it is much simpler than they think . |
| 15 | The box and pyrotechnics take a long time to set up , so we ca n't rehearse and have to hope it will be all right on the night . |
| 16 | Beans , pulses and grains feature increasingly in a healthy diet , but they take a long time to cook , even using a microwave . |
| 17 | Take a long , cool look at your shares . |
| 18 | However , before you sally forth on your next video shoot , take a long , cool look at your first tape to identify any mistakes you may have made so that you can avoid them next time . |
| 19 | But he knows that new formats take a long time to catch on with the public : ‘ We have n't got expectations of hundreds of thousands of units . |
| 20 | Wendy and Mary take a long large selections of books and yarns each month , give talks and demonstrations from time to time and are a mine of information on all things knitting — they do the same for other knitting clubs in the area . |
| 21 | TAKE a long lingering bite of your favourite Mars bar — it will never taste the same again after November . |
| 22 | We often take a long time to hear of what is going on in the outside world and when we do find out , it can take even longer to get into the field . |
| 23 | We have asked to do so , but changes take a long time to come into effect . |
| 24 | Although it may well be the right treatment , they take a long time to get over it . |
| 25 | Soilless composts will do very well as they are , keeping them slightly on the dry side , but be very careful , as such composts take a long time to dry out but then do so completely with alarming rapidity , and are exceedingly difficult to wet through to the centre of the root-ball . |
| 26 | Very good very good now a lot of people take a long time to get that . |
| 27 | I swallow , take a long sigh and look at him . |
| 28 | Like asparagus , I take a long time to grow and am easily killed off . ’ |
| 29 | Take a long time . |
| 30 | I always make sure they take a long time to die . ’ |