Example sentences of "[verb] take [art] long [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | No , I , I gather he has taken a long weekend , I do n't know where he 's whisked himself off to , but I 'm afraid I wo n't be here , er next week , I do n't know , quite know who will be , but er , Dominic 's taking er , a well needed rest . |
| 2 | It has taken a long time to reduce the effects of that defect but it is now under control . |
| 3 | The pyramid has taken a long time to crumble . |
| 4 | It has taken a long time to get justice but the compensation will give financial security to my family and give us sufficient breathing space to try and rebuild our lives . |
| 5 | ‘ It has taken a long time getting Australian rugby to the top and we are n't about to throw that away in one game , ’ he added . |
| 6 | Surprisingly , it has taken a long time to arrange something that most would have considered to be basic . |
| 7 | It has taken a long time for such unashamed aspiration to reach these shores , yet now , that mentality which is increasingly being demanded by the British in pursuance of their leisure activities , has finally arrived . |
| 8 | It has taken a long time for those engaged in mainstream adult education to attribute any significance to the Women 's Movement . |
| 9 | Such a measure has taken a long time to appear . |
| 10 | It has taken a long time to get justice but the compensation will give financial security to my family and give us sufficient breathing space to try and rebuild our lives . |
| 11 | Why do so many people want to take a long journey into that rather strange place that is known as Adland . |
| 12 | ‘ I thought we 'd taken a long time to get here . ’ |
| 13 | Lewis plans to take a long break — in Britain — after first heading to Las Vegas to commentate for Sky TV on the November 13 title battle between reigning champion Evander Holyfield and Riddick Bowe that will decide his opponent next April . |
| 14 | Commuters to the capital obviously decided to take a long weekend or were put up in hotels overnight by their employers , said a spokesman . |
| 15 | Grandson Richard 's reply seemed to take a long time . |
| 16 | It seemed to take a long time . |
| 17 | It seemed to take a long time to reach the end of the wall and I was about to turn right towards the door of the farm kitchen when from my left I heard the sudden rattle of a chain then a roaring creature launched itself at me , bayed once , mightily , into my face and was gone . |
| 18 | Citing cases , though usually a necessary part of the moot , tends to take a long time and to be boring for the audience . |
| 19 | ‘ This is going to take a long time , ’ said Tony . |
| 20 | Formed in teams , this task it was then to er across the practice areas whose task it was to get into those clients , get to know them , get to know their industry , get to know the people and find ways in which we could actually penetrate them and er open doors and that was going to take a long time and it is taking a long time . |
| 21 | It 's going to take a long time yet . |
| 22 | That 's going to take a long time . |
| 23 | We have come to realize that many of us will not see the improvements in our quality of life , as this is going to take a long time . |
| 24 | All the artistes were in England , but the staff were in New York , and to get money and to get certain things that we needed to do took a long time . |
| 25 | So it must have taken a long while ? |
| 26 | He did n't look the kind of guy who could have taken a long prison sentence . |
| 27 | Peel ( 1966 ) considered that these would have taken a long time to form and their unidirectional nature may indicate that the north-east trades have been blowing over this area for a very long time . |
| 28 | It must have taken a long time . |
| 29 | My eyes jaded by having to work for a living , are , after their rest , getting again into focus and my brain , having taken a long sabbatical , has shifted itself , with extreme bad grace , into gear . |
| 30 | He was n't to know that the journalist he was expecting had opted to take the longer route overland rather than to fly out on Thursday . |