Example sentences of "the [noun sg] took [art] long " in BNC.
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| 1 | It seemed to Lefevre that the splash took a long time in coming . |
| 2 | He was a perfectionist , and the job took a long time . |
| 3 | In the UK , the Government took a long look at the spectrum before launching a fifth and sixth TV channel . |
| 4 | And the City took a long time to wake up to Europe 's moves towards monetary union ; its bid to host a European central bank was made later than most others . |
| 5 | Two years ago the couple took a long holiday . |
| 6 | The sinews of political and economic integration required to enable the expanded raising of resources by the Crown took a long time to create . |