Example sentences of "[was/were] taking [art] long [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She was taking a long time to come to the attempt on Marek 's life that morning . |
| 2 | She had done another paragraph before it occurred to her that he was taking a long time in Georgina 's office . |
| 3 | Things had not gone too smoothly in hospital and it was taking a long time to recover . |
| 4 | The switched-off siren was taking a long time to die . |
| 5 | I was taking a long time ! |