Example sentences of "take [pron] [art] long [noun] " in BNC.
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| 31 | It took me a long time to remove the stain . |
| 32 | 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 . |
| 33 | 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 . |
| 34 | It took me a long time to find . |
| 35 | It took me a long time to understand that . ’ |
| 36 | It took me a long time to find it , too , with no qualifications and a lifetime of being a housewife . |
| 37 | I , it took me a long time , time to realise that one can be for a mug . |
| 38 | so it took me a long time to live down my weeds the lady with the weeds |
| 39 | I just think I just think it 's quite important for us all to realize I did a , when I used to do a similar job to this it took me a long time before I realized that the customer , you know on the phone does n't know that your you should n't have asked an open question there |
| 40 | One set of typefaces that I like there are on the slightly goofy side are the Goudys erm and it took me a long time of , your know , hearing purists try to explain to me why before I understood the distinction . |
| 41 | Closer to Europe the British set up a blockade of Brest , a step which took them a long way towards war with France , and began looking for allies to protect Hanover against France in the event of a continental war . |
| 42 | However , it took them a long time to see an ally in the Poles . |
| 43 | THE drivers who moaned about the parking problems at the Genesis concert at Knebworth because it took them a long time to get out make me mad . |
| 44 | it took them a long time to begin with when he started . |
| 45 | It took them I ca n't remember how many hours but it took them a long time . |
| 46 | Took my a long while ago . |
| 47 | Then , steering the conversation back on course , she said , ‘ Are you saying it took you a long time to get over Jennifer ? ’ |
| 48 | It took him a long while before he could face Magrit again . |
| 49 | It took him a long time to recover . |
| 50 | It took her a long time to come to terms with that presence ; the proximity of an armed police officer was the most potent reminder of the gilded cage she had now entered . |
| 51 | It was difficult for her to breathe , and it took her a long time to climb the stairs . |
| 52 | As soon as she 'd gone , Flavia Sherman began to fumble with the buckle of her belt ; but her hands shook uncontrollably and it took her a long time to undress . |
| 53 | It took her a long time to negotiate the journey to the small , functional bathroom across the passage , but in the end she accomplished it without incident . |
| 54 | He took her the long way through the house again , and Belinda tried to orientate herself . |
| 55 | It just took us a long time . ’ |
| 56 | And er it took us a long time to get the special material because as you will gather , we tend to do everything properly , so we had to have the a cloth specially woven er handwoven of course and especially dyed and for once we had it especially fooled in other words the nap was raised . |
| 57 | But it took us a long time to actually get to that stage because er , the police are at fault , the police launch these schemes and they go away and say get on with it and off we go |
| 58 | 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 ’ . ’ |
| 59 | I 'm a slow learner and it has taken me a long time to get there . |
| 60 | It may have taken me a long time to find out about him . |