Example sentences of "take a [adj] time [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The stitching takes a long time and hurts Stig a lot more than it hurts the rest of us . |
| 2 | This takes a long time and is reflected in the price of the product . |
| 3 | Hyperactive children may ‘ grow out of it ’ in time , but this takes a long time and their behaviour tends to get worse before it gets better . |
| 4 | The legal process takes a long time and the task of getting new Regulations approved remained incomplete when I retired . |
| 5 | But this takes a long time and a lot of convincing . |
| 6 | He was however er reasonably clear as to the speed at which local authorities tend to deal with these matters , he said that it always takes a long time and getting any answer out of the local authority might well take somewhere between six months and up to two years , he thought that perhaps eighteen months was a reasonable guess before he would actually manage to get somebody if Paul were to move as er , it maybe well occur to here or a different local authority then of course the application would just go back to square one and that would lead to more delay . |
| 7 | I think it will take a long time before I could go out on my own , ’ Mr Norrie added . |
| 8 | It , it 'll take a long time before it starts to buck up . |
| 9 | ‘ Developing a single European currency will take a long time but it will make the most significant contribution to European , and therefore world , financial stability . |
| 10 | Now the trouble with fractions is if you do n't know your tables it can be you can work it out you could get there but it 'll take a long time if you do know your tables you just go , Yeah three fours are twelve . |
| 11 | Shoelaces are difficult ; most five-year-olds manage to tie them , but it 'll take a long time if the only practice she gets is actually putting on the shoes each morning . |
| 12 | Reconciling yourself to making the final decision can take a long time and be very painful . |
| 13 | Defending a petition can take a long time and be expensive . |
| 14 | In case the reader should think that this small book is about to offer the solution to this problem , let it be stated immediately that a complete integration of all these different disciplinary approaches to the investment decision will probably take a considerable time and much research effort by a range of researchers . |
| 15 | It took a long time before she could even bring herself to close her eyes , let alone contemplate sleep . |
| 16 | It took a long time before she 'd sit in that chair . |
| 17 | It took a long time before she would sit in there though did n't it ? |
| 18 | she was one of the first anyway , so er , but it took a long time before she had them , five years ' wait , and she said , that , at the last attempt she said to her husband that 's it now , if it does n't work this time , that 's it , I 'm not having any more attempts , that 's it definitely , and they had that successfully and that 's how they had the twins , so they 're her children , they are their children , it 's just they were fertilized outside the womb , in a glass dish it 's fascinating i n't it ? she said it 's really fascinating I can assure you I said oh I can see |
| 19 | It took a long time because Louise kept interrupting with questions that Constance could n't answer and which seemed irrelevant beside the tremendous fact that Ludovico was waiting for her and she longed to run to him . |
| 20 | It took a long time and many attempts before the standard route was worked out . |
| 21 | For example , a reduction in the cost of grinding and polishing plate glass was made possible by the float process , but it took a long time and a great deal of money to make it work . |
| 22 | It took a long time and I 'm not sure I ever did . |
| 23 | Our visit had taken a long time and we returned to Skeldale House for lunch . |
| 24 | take a long time but I mean I know it says got well puppy mess to get over yet . |
| 25 | Citing cases , though usually a necessary part of the moot , tends to take a long time and to be boring for the audience . |
| 26 | 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 . |