Example sentences of "[am/are] taking [art] long time " in BNC.
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| 1 | Oh they 're taking a long time to get these last two runs are n't they ? |
| 2 | This is because such schemes are taking a long time to get off the ground and because employers generally recruit from non-local networks ( see also Ladbury and Mira-Smith in this volume ) . |
| 3 | So I think we are actually obliged , and it 's right that people should be consulted , but there is a point about it that it takes an awful long time and that is actually the reason why we 've got er a whole programme of urban safety management schemes that er are taking a long time to develop , it 's almost two years now , and the main reason for that is toing and froing with different designs with members of the public and the worst thing we could do is actually put in a package of schemes which people say , well that 's not what we wanted anyway . |
| 4 | Those hyacinths in the cauldron are taking a long time to come out are n't they ? |
| 5 | Those hyacinths in the corner are taking a long time to come out , are n't they ? |