21.   It always took me ages to learn my lines.

22.   The bus took absolutely ages to arrive.

23.   But fortunately the traffic was heavy and it took ages to reach Bethnal Green.

24.   It took me ages to get Iris, the landlady of the Duke of Wellington, to answer the phone.

25.   Taking age into account does not lead to estimates closer to unity, and hence the effects can not be attributed to confounding.

26.   Trippy took an age to sit upright.

27.   With only one hand this seemed to take ages and I hoped Malpass was a slow bleeder.

28.   Their conclusion that apparent inconsistencies in this epidemiology might be resolved if the age of diagnosis of breast cancer is taken into account is well taken.

29.   Sarella leaned over the balustrade and waited while Peter seemed to take an age to come in.

30.   It would take ages, and then someone like Willy Carson would pull out at the last minute.