Example sentences of "[vb mod] take a long time " in BNC.
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| 1 | It seemed that it must take a long time for such peace to be broken . |
| 2 | In Prague the talk is of starting with a break-up of the monopolies , and letting the market rip later — but de-monopolising the economy might take a long time . |
| 3 | That might take a long time , they intimated . |
| 4 | Wherever they went , they would have to go on foot , which might take a long time . |
| 5 | For members of the nobility the struggles of Lancaster and York could have drastic results , particularly for those who incurred forfeiture through ending up on the losing side ; although attainders could be reversed and lands restored , this might take a long time ( 130 , Ch.5 ) . |
| 6 | ‘ It 'll take a long time in the courts , wo n't it , though ? ’ |
| 7 | It 'll take a long time at his age but it 'll mend . |
| 8 | Now that will be hard , that needs a good deal of thought and it 'll take a long time . |
| 9 | Now the trouble with fractions is if you do n't know your tables it can be you can work it out you could get there but it 'll take a long time if you do know your tables you just go , Yeah three fours are twelve . |
| 10 | Shoelaces are difficult ; most five-year-olds manage to tie them , but it 'll take a long time if the only practice she gets is actually putting on the shoes each morning . |
| 11 | I know that 'll take a long time to do it though wo n't it ? |
| 12 | It , it 'll take a long time before it starts to buck up . |
| 13 | she can move them but she 's got no use in them , so they said it 'll take a long time |
| 14 | a long time it 'd take a long time . |
| 15 | They 'd take a long time to dry would n't they , then , on the sticks and that |
| 16 | ‘ Just tell it the way it happened and try not to get sidetracked , ’ said Melissa , thinking that this could take a long time . |
| 17 | Many French dishes are basically simple but may take a long time to prepare in the traditional way . |
| 18 | treatment may take a long time ; and |
| 19 | A few young people are really ‘ stuck ’ on glue or products and it may take a long time to help them . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | It may take a long time discussing the parents ' child-rearing philosophy and even discussing their own childhood experiences of discipline to unearth the cause of these deep-seated feelings . |
| 22 | Relationships once broken in this way may take a long time to heal . |
| 23 | Non-typists have difficulty finding the desired keys and may take a long time to type even a short word . |
| 24 | It 's business , may take a long time . |
| 25 | Companies which find it more difficult because it 's the centre of their existence , erm , are clearly looking at the situation , but will actually take a very long time to move to the position which you , in your particular group would like them to occupy , and I understand that , changing in I C I is rather different from changing at I B M , and er , therefore it takes longer , but I do see a a consciousness , it 's the same conscious , you 're impatient for change , quite rightly , companies of course , have to keep their employees in an earning capacity , at the same time , er , move towards the position which you would like to them to do , and it may take a long time , but I accept your point , which is with some companies , then in fact , your clearly going to get attention of some kind . |
| 26 | collection of data may take a long time especially if the survey covers a wide geographical area |
| 27 | The second alternative would take a long time to achieve . |
| 28 | Then he would move to another par of the bed , away from the cold wet patch that would take a long time to dry and leave a stiff yellow stain on the mattress . |
| 29 | Most of these solutions would take a long time to implement . |
| 30 | The difficulty here is that this would take a long time to carry out , besides which , there is the problem of access . |