Example sentences of "[pers pn] [be] taking a long [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I was taking a long time ! |
| 2 | ‘ You 're taking a long chance , sitting there and making with all this stuff . |
| 3 | She was taking a long time to come to the attempt on Marek 's life that morning . |
| 4 | Oh they 're taking a long time to get these last two runs are n't they ? |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | It 's taking a long time to heal . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ 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 . |
| 8 | It is taking a long time to redesign the business processes of these industries . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | Things had not gone too smoothly in hospital and it was taking a long time to recover . |
| 11 | She had done another paragraph before it occurred to her that he was taking a long time in Georgina 's office . |