Example sentences of "[pron] [be] taking a long time " in BNC.

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1 I was taking a long time !
2 She was taking a long time to come to the attempt on Marek 's life that morning .
3 Oh they 're taking a long time to get these last two runs are n't they ?
4 The working party on the theology of marriage is finding its task stimulating but arduous and it will surprise no one that it 's taking a long time .
5 It 's taking a long time to heal . ’
6 ‘ Everything official here seems to be tied up in red tape , so although it 's taking a long time I 'm sure the licence is being processed , ’ she declared defiantly .
7 It is taking a long time to redesign the business processes of these industries .
8 Formed in teams , this task it was then to er across the practice areas whose task it was to get into those clients , get to know them , get to know their industry , get to know the people and find ways in which we could actually penetrate them and er open doors and that was going to take a long time and it is taking a long time .
9 Things had not gone too smoothly in hospital and it was taking a long time to recover .
10 She had done another paragraph before it occurred to her that he was taking a long time in Georgina 's office .
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