Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] [adv] a long time " in BNC.
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| 1 | Fergus laughed rather a long time at this , and said tersely , ‘ I should . ’ |
| 2 | The feeding process takes quite a long time , depending of course on the sizes of the individuals concerned and various environmental factors , such as temperature ( see p. 303 ) . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | Rattling in the chest ; every cold goes to the chest or nose and the catarrh hangs on a long time . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | This awareness goes back a long time , and to Lace it we need to leave the field of folklore and go back into the realms of ancient philosophy . |