Of course, there are times when it's frustrating - it can take me twice as long to find anything, for example.

It would require almost, but not quite, twice as long to receive a message from them.

It'd take us twice as long to get there in that state.

Other times it can take twice as long or longer.

The back stairs are twice as long and in worse shape than the front were.

It would take us twice as long to process the stuff.

When the road's wet, it can take twice as long to stop.

But it still took me twice as long to shop.

It takes twice as long and is a lot more bumpy.

It often takes twice as long to do a given job now, he said.