Example sentences of "taken [adv] a long [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sorry to have taken rather a long time to reply but Andrew was in transit back to and around Italy . |
| 2 | We 've sent someone out to meet them , because they 've taken rather a long time . |
| 3 | We 've sent someone out to meet them , because they 've taken rather a long time . |
| 4 | The Government has advised that women who are pregnant or may become pregnant should not eat liver , as very large doses of vitamin A taken over a long period may be associated with foetal abnormalities . |
| 5 | Unfortunately it may conceivably cause liver disease if taken over a long period , and this is to be tested by administering it to pigs . |