Example sentences of "taking a long [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I 'm not surprised , ’ Ven replied , and taking a long pull of breath , ‘ I do n't seem to be doing this very well , ’ he stated , ‘ but at least we 're talking — which makes it less difficult than I thought it was going to be . ’ |
| 2 | Taking a long holiday in an unpolluted environment , while avoiding other chemical exposures , is the best way of testing for this possibility . |
| 3 | ‘ I got into the arms trade as an idealist , ’ he says , taking a long draw on his Rothmans cigarette . |
| 4 | If a gloomy mood descended on him , he could shake it off by taking a long walk in the direction of the most barren stretch of beach , out over the dunes . |
| 5 | Taking a long piece of string , she dragged it to and fro through the mud , heaping it up and turning that into men . |
| 6 | Muldoon seemed to be taking a long time over his coffee . |
| 7 | Although John was generally a quick worker , Anne Heaton remembers him as taking a long time over this work and seeming nervous about it . |
| 8 | Erm , I was going to mention , as Rob has done the increase in new complaints , which I think is somewhat welcome erm , we 're still taking a long time from the averages over the last twelve months , I think that 's just reflecting being out some days over the ones you 've been talking about , er , we 're down on actual stage one equipments in the month erm , we 're not quite sure why that is , mm it 's just the way things have panned out . |
| 9 | She had done another paragraph before it occurred to her that he was taking a long time in Georgina 's office . |