Example sentences of "[pers pn] [adv] long to get " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ It 's taken me so long to get ‘ Gunnell ’ up there on the giant Olympic scoreboard , I think I 'm going to carry on being called that for athletics purposes . ’ |
| 2 | Apologising for not being in Northern Ireland since his first concert three years ago , he added : ‘ I 'm sorry it took me so long to get back . |
| 3 | Ca n't think what took you so long to get around to it , old chap , ’ Aubrey said . |
| 4 | ‘ When it took you so long to get here , I thought you must have gone on up to his place with him , but I suppose Nicky Kai is still in residence . |
| 5 | It did not take them very long to get the hang of it , scraping carefully with the blade at an angle of forty-five degrees and pausing from time to time in order to wipe it clean . |
| 6 | I hope it do n't take me too long to get home — I could do with summat to eat . |
| 7 | The next three-quarters of an hour were taken up with wondering why it was taking us so long to get from the airport to the Consulate , and what genius had decided to place the Consulate some hundreds of miles away . |
| 8 | All I want to know is why it 's taking us so long to get there ! ’ |