Example sentences of "[vb infin] a long time [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Erm I do n't think we can spend a long time considering them , it 's just if people bear me whisking through them our brains . |
| 2 | You can stay a long time in neutral , ticking over — provided nothing happens . |
| 3 | It 'll take a long time at his age but it 'll mend . |
| 4 | It seemed that it must take a long time for such peace to be broken . |
| 5 | Once food has cooled to 5°C or colder , if any food poisoning bacteria are present most will grow only very slowly and it would take a long time for them to reach large enough numbers to cause a problem . |
| 6 | There are frictions in the markets for capital , labour , and products , and it may take a long time for changes in the pattern of demand to work their way through the system . |
| 7 | It can take a long time for a woman to rid herself of the automatic assumptions that she has absorbed about home-making , and learn to fashion an approach which suits her and her family . |
| 8 | It did take a long time for anything to happen . |
| 9 | Not only do books often tend to be rather broad in their approach to a subject , but they can also take a long time to be published after they are written and the information may thus be out of date . |
| 10 | The solvents persist for many years , and can take a long time to be degraded or removed ; the good news is that , unlike some other forms of pollution , spillages of volatile organochlorines are apparently becoming rarer as awareness of the consequences of poor practice increases . |
| 11 | Like a wound in your own flesh , a clean cut heals quickly , but a jagged , ragged , bruised gash can take a long time to heel and is open to infection all that time . |
| 12 | Non-typists have difficulty finding the desired keys and may take a long time to type even a short word . |
| 13 | ‘ It 'll take a long time in the courts , wo n't it , though ? ’ |
| 14 | To wait until their children are in the secondary stage may seem a long time for delay . |