Example sentences of "i a long [noun] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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1 | ‘ Fifteen-foot Pipe — it took me a long rime to psych myself up to it . |
2 | That was the other thing , it took me a long fight to get my eye drops . |
3 | It took me a long while to pay it off . |
4 | got a lot of cards and it takes me a long time to do it |
5 | ‘ It will take me a long time to define what I mean . |
6 | so it took me a long time to live down my weeds the lady with the weeds |
7 | That 's why it has taken me a long time to say ‘ I do work hard , so I need people to do this kind of stuff ’ . ’ |
8 | It took me a long time to remove the stain . |
9 | Clambering over rocks and following narrow sheep trails — which tended to peter out disconcertingly in the thick bracken — it took me a long time to find a possible beck-traversing spot . |
10 | It took me a long time to find . |
11 | I am so angry it takes me a long time to find the words . |
12 | It may have taken me a long time to find out about him . |
13 | It took me a long time to find it , too , with no qualifications and a lifetime of being a housewife . |
14 | It took me a long time to work out why I was eating my meals off a trampoline . ’ |
15 | It took me a long time to admit that , but I gradually realized that many people were grateful to me for sharing the thought with them . |
16 | It will take me a long time to correct & copy , though : when I have done so , of course you shall have it . |
17 | It took me a long time to accept the fact that now I should not be killed — that I should be one of the survivors . |
18 | It took me a long time to accept solos at all , and to this day there are still so few lead players that I really like . |
19 | It took me a long time to learn to transfer my attention to men . |
20 | ‘ It took me a long time to learn a fundamental truth about empowerment . |
21 | I do n't know why it took me a long time to get into the match . |
22 | I 'm a slow learner and it has taken me a long time to get there . |
23 | " It has taken me a long time to get here , " said the jubilant Mancunian as he left the press centre to start his celebrations . |
24 | It took me a long time to understand that . ’ |