Example sentences of "have [vb pp] too long [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It has taken too long to persuade the police that racial attacks even exist for the press to adopt some absurd pretence to being colour-blind now . |
| 2 | Often , in the course of these , which involved a lot of wandering about among the surrounding woods and fields , we had occasion to urinate together ( it would have taken too long to go home ) and the opportunity to examine one another 's bodies . |
| 3 | Lowell had had too long to think and his thoughts were tortuous . |
| 4 | She had spoken too long to pretend any longer to be asleep , and so she twisted and touched Rosa 's back , softly , with a hand on her shoulder to make her face her . |
| 5 | Unfortunately , what constitutes reasonable time is n't clearly defined under British law , and if a court thinks you 've taken too long to register your complaint , you may not have a case . |
| 6 | Perhaps they had taken too long to get together . |
| 7 | He had waited too long to make his constitutional views known . |