Example sentences of "and the [noun] [verb] a long " in BNC.
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| 1 | Soon the traffic began to thin and the road became a long straight fenland route with occasional trees and sporadic bungalows slipping into the dykes . |
| 2 | The Duke held his branch still higher , waving it slowly from side to side , and the piper started a long , echoing note on his drone . |
| 3 | He was a perfectionist , and the job took a long time . |
| 4 | And the City took a long time to wake up to Europe 's moves towards monetary union ; its bid to host a European central bank was made later than most others . |
| 5 | She was always rushing off to the Housing Applicant Office and the interviews took a long time . |
| 6 | The chemicals are water-borne and the timber takes a long time to dry out . |