Example sentences of "it took a long time " in BNC.
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| 1 | He 's a fabulous guy and very funny , but it took a long time , and I do n't take credit for it , but it took a long time to put him in a situation where I felt that he was at maximum ‘ comfortableness ’ , so that his shyness — and he was very shy — was overcome . |
| 2 | He 's a fabulous guy and very funny , but it took a long time , and I do n't take credit for it , but it took a long time to put him in a situation where I felt that he was at maximum ‘ comfortableness ’ , so that his shyness — and he was very shy — was overcome . |
| 3 | ‘ The device looks simple , but it took a long time to find companies that could make it , ’ he says . |
| 4 | It took a long time to figure out how his hair goes . |
| 5 | The blaze commenced one lunchtime when few people were in the premises , so there was no loss of life , but it took a long time for the blaze to be brought under control and some days before the firemen were able to be sure that there was no risk of further outbreaks of fire . |
| 6 | It took a long time to bring the fire under control , the local pubs kept open for three days and nights . |
| 7 | The old lady was quite sprightly for her age but it took a long time for them both to reach the top floor . |
| 8 | It took a long time for us to reach an understanding . |
| 9 | Despite hospital treatment , it took a long time for Sheila to recover . |
| 10 | It took a long time to break away from the idea that children were at best potentially evil and indolent , that they were little pitchers that had to be filled with information and moral guidance before they filled themselves with wickedness , idleness , and nonsense . |
| 11 | ‘ It took a long time for me to get my Gold Award because some of the tasks were very difficult , ’ says Fiona of the demanding project that included months of community service , braving the elements on an exploratory camping trip and writing a long and detailed historical thesis ! |
| 12 | Progress was slow and it took a long time to get a handicap , the first being 17 . |
| 13 | ‘ It took a long time for all this to evolve . |
| 14 | Now 43 , she is married with a two-year-old daughter and says it took a long time to settle down to a ‘ normal life ’ . |
| 15 | ‘ It took a long time for me to come to terms with the whole mistletoe thing . |
| 16 | It took a long time , the waiting . ’ |
| 17 | At any rate it took a long time to synthesize . |
| 18 | It took a long time , but she finally got the drunken figure out of the door and closed it firmly behind him . |
| 19 | It took a long time because Louise kept interrupting with questions that Constance could n't answer and which seemed irrelevant beside the tremendous fact that Ludovico was waiting for her and she longed to run to him . |
| 20 | It took a long time for the penny to drop with me about why I was so apparently popular in men 's organizations in the aftermath of so many women deciding to work separately . |
| 21 | It took a long time . |
| 22 | It took a long time to adjust after discovering the baby was a girl . ’ |
| 23 | ‘ It was hard to fight my way out of the reserves and it took a long time for me to recover . ’ |
| 24 | I got a job eventually , but it took a long time . |
| 25 | It took a long time and many attempts before the standard route was worked out . |
| 26 | It took a long time for the plague to be controlled and for strongholds of the riding families to be overthrown . |
| 27 | Type-cases too were heavy , and if one fell it took a long time to sort out the type again . |
| 28 | Well the only thing is that I hope that the next generation that is coming along now will appreciate what has been done for their generation because it took a long time for us to get what we wanted for our children and now with our grandchildren are coming along I hope the town will improve with their growth . |
| 29 | For example , a reduction in the cost of grinding and polishing plate glass was made possible by the float process , but it took a long time and a great deal of money to make it work . |
| 30 | It took a long time , so long that Sylvie had almost given up , had gone back to the clinic several times . |