Sentence examples for this took a long from inspiring English sources

This took a long time.

This took a long time, because she studied each one before she made it disappear.

The reprisal for this took a long route, but ended with Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

Why did plants take so long to dominate the landscape?This took a long time, for a couple of reasons.

This took a long time due to the nature of the service and my mother refusing external help for a long time.

And, you know, this took a long time and lots of interviews and lots of cost and lots of pursuit.

This takes a long time — hours — and there's no reason not to do it in advance.

Operas like this take a long time to learn, and this is a conductor who does not learn halfway.

Paradoxically, this takes a long time, honing down the musical outpourings until all that's left is the essence.

We're fine with this taking a long, long time.

For some people this takes a long time to discover.