Example sentences of "taken a long time [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It has taken a long time for such unashamed aspiration to reach these shores , yet now , that mentality which is increasingly being demanded by the British in pursuance of their leisure activities , has finally arrived . |
| 2 | ‘ It 's taken a long time for the guilt to surface . ’ |
| 3 | It has taken a long time for those engaged in mainstream adult education to attribute any significance to the Women 's Movement . |
| 4 | It had taken a long time for the initial hostility and suspicion between them to wear off . |
| 5 | She had always taken a long time over her toilet : a review of her clothes ; a long-drawn-out bath ; massage ; manicure ; then her hair and make-up . |