Example sentences of "[vb past] a long [noun sg] to get " in BNC.
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| 1 | Well he came a long way to get chucked out did n't he ? |
| 2 | The couple fought a long battle to get welfare benefits but they were unsucessful until Anita went to the new carers ' centre in Banbury . |
| 3 | But to avoid it meant a long detour to get into Barn Street , and she was shivering with wet and cold . |
| 4 | Progress was slow and it took a long time to get a handicap , the first being 17 . |
| 5 | The two drawbacks were that it initially took a long time to get into , and it was hot — the first problem was solved , the second not . |
| 6 | But many of the boys took a long time to get over their paralysed state . |
| 7 | It took a long time to get round to the subject of Silvia and Jeff . |
| 8 | Erm it took a long time to get round to it , you know , the , the agreement to the twenty thousand . |
| 9 | By this time we feel as if we are Hemingway 's companion , hauling out the bodies one by one , so that when he says ‘ Well you waited a long time to get sick brother . |