Example sentences of "and it [verb] [art] [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | Analysis is a very slow process and it takes a long time to weed through the past and try to discover what things happened to you that affected you . |
| 2 | That 's something we , we , that 's what we found and one of the things we have got is this youth bus actually operating in the town and it erm , it 's running three nights a week , we ca n't cover every bit of the town , but it goes to different area 's of the town , The Stow , and Old Harlow , I mean we 've actually got quite good relationship 's with , with , with the young people in Old Harlow , but erm , I mean we ca n't cover every night , I mean there is a problem , of erm , you know , you you get from a position where you recognise it , you , you , you need to start catering for a particular group and it takes a long time getting there . |
| 3 | Food photography is all about presentation and it takes a long time , which is why we have a new home economist on the team . |
| 4 | The people are generally friendly but shy and it takes a long time to gain their confidence to the point where they will teach a visiting scientist the secrets of their art . |
| 5 | It seems to me that you get these big moments in the life of the church , as you do in the life of any institution , historically speaking , and it takes a long time for you to discover what the effect of them is going to be . |
| 6 | When you pull this out and it goes the next time start it turn it over , rewind it to the front . |
| 7 | The part of her story about the pressure of Government cuts was true , and it seemed a long time since she 'd existed in a world that was n't penny-pinching . |
| 8 | ‘ We are always busy here , and it seemed the right time to start planning for an extension , ’ she said . |
| 9 | I think they 'd always sort of wanted to go and explore , yes , and it seemed the ideal time , the boys were just about school age , erm , sort of you could well . |
| 10 | Progress was slow and it took a long time to get a handicap , the first being 17 . |
| 11 | ‘ It was hard to fight my way out of the reserves and it took a long time for me to recover . ’ |
| 12 | It was their affair , and it ended a long time ago . |
| 13 | It has a geography , often in three dimensions , and it has a fast-moving time dimension . |