Example sentences of "[det] [verb] a long time " in BNC.
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| 1 | This takes a long time and is reflected in the price of the product . |
| 2 | Hyperactive children may ‘ grow out of it ’ in time , but this takes a long time and their behaviour tends to get worse before it gets better . |
| 3 | In order to gain reasonable competence by the simple approach , the robot has to record more than 1000 entries in the set R. This takes a long time . |
| 4 | But this takes a long time and a lot of convincing . |
| 5 | This seems a long time . |
| 6 | I thought does n't this take a long time just for a little tiny bit ? |
| 7 | It all seems a long time ago . |
| 8 | Quite often ( but not always ) such cases are called in by the Secretary of State even where the planning authority is minded to grant consent , in order to allow interested groups a chance to air their views ; so it can all take a long time . |
| 9 | And does that take a long time ? |
| 10 | ( That took a long time too . |