Example sentences of "take them a long [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ That lumbar puncture seems to be taking them a long time . ’ |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | However , it took them a long time to see an ally in the Poles . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | it took them a long time to begin with when he started . |
| 6 | It took them I ca n't remember how many hours but it took them a long time . |