Kollokation
I think you would take a long time to break.
Used to take a time just to get home at night!
Exactly what they mean is going to take a little time to sort out.
However, many patients take a long time to get better.
We have asked to do so, but changes take a long time to come into effect.
A man had to take a long time to put them down on paper.
But the process is going to take a long time.
She was going to do everything in her power to make sure he wasn't taken a third time.
"The problems are just going to take a little time to work out."
And sometimes they seemed to take a long time to process news.
Idiome