Example sentences of "took a long [noun sg] [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And they took a long time serving it . |
| 2 | And that took a long time getting used to . |
| 3 | The engine box had a centre ‘ handle ’ and Ian took a long time sighting his chimney by this . |
| 4 | And Fergie honestly admitted of his shock £1million signing from Cambridge : ‘ We took a long time assessing him . |
| 5 | And they took a long time making it . |
| 6 | There was a lot to look at , so she took a long time coming back after school , stopping to watch the men mending holes in the roads , to watch the demolition team with their mighty metal ball swinging on its chain from the crane clearing the bomb-site , to watch carpenters erecting wooden hoardings around the cleared sites to keep the people out , to see bill-stickers on ladders pasting huge coloured pictures on to the hoardings . |
| 7 | It took a long time coming . |