Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] [art] long [noun] to get " in BNC.

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1 By this time we feel as if we are Hemingway 's companion , hauling out the bodies one by one , so that when he says ‘ Well you waited a long time to get sick brother .
2 Although it may well be the right treatment , they take a long time to get over it .
3 Well , we can do that Saturday because they take a long time to get across .
4 Well he came a long way to get chucked out did n't he ?
5 but you know , it takes a long while to get over it
6 The problem with weight loss is that it takes a long time to get what you want .
7 These days it takes a long time to get into the ‘ left-hand seat ’ or captain 's position in a major airline ; indeed , as time goes on more and more airline pilots have to recognise the possibility of reaching retirement before they achieve command .
8 It takes a long time to get used to it . ’
9 Maybe it takes a long time to get to the phone .
10 Yes erm and er I think in the course of that we will have learned a lot of lessons the er that 's not a facetious comment , it 's true er the the first time you write er a software programme erm and any of you will will have experience of this , it takes a long time to get it right .
11 ‘ Suffolk folk will tell you it takes a long time to get to know them , and I soon found out it 's true .
12 But to avoid it meant a long detour to get into Barn Street , and she was shivering with wet and cold .
13 Progress was slow and it took a long time to get a handicap , the first being 17 .
14 It took a long time to get round to the subject of Silvia and Jeff .
15 Erm it took a long time to get round to it , you know , the , the agreement to the twenty thousand .
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