Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] a long time [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This was something she had never even heard of , so we spent quite a long time discussing hypnosis , regression and how the techniques could be applied to her situation . |
| 2 | We spent quite a long time sorting out this problem in the electrostatic case , and we need not repeat the argument here . |
| 3 | Charles Wood and I worked quite a long time to explore the framework of The Knack and take away a lot of the theatrical implications . |
| 4 | So it can take quite a long time to process applications to that point . |
| 5 | It took quite a long time to climb up to his preferred perch on the monster , even using the bits of wood and string he 'd painstakingly tied to it … him . |
| 6 | Because if it had been painted , and the paint took quite a long time to dry and er if there was a speck of dust it remained there forever . |
| 7 | Sorry to have taken rather a long time to reply but Andrew was in transit back to and around Italy . |
| 8 | It 's just going to take rather a long time making them admit it . ’ |
| 9 | We to put the decorations up in th in a s in a short time limit , the decorations take quite a long time to put up and as you know the decorations are erm are very famous er they 're nationally recognized . |
| 10 | We stood there a long time watching , heads tipped back , neck muscles beginning to ache . |