Example sentences of "people [verb] a long time " in BNC.

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1 People lived a long time with fluid … asthma … emphysema … years .
2 The reason why some people take a long time to learn the Technique is because it is much simpler than they think .
3 Very good very good now a lot of people take a long time to get that .
4 Oh it 's obvious that safety 's involved , I think that er it 's also er road use because er if people take a long time er going forwards and back trying to get into a space to park because they do n't have the basic skills to enable them to do it , then it 's frustrating for other motorists , and obviously accidents can be caused .
5 And erm you know I know that was one difficulty , that people had a long time to wait for repairs .
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