took/spent so long finishing

[joham]

It was her fault. We were late because she took/spent so long finishing her lunch.

Do both verbs (in blue) work as well for the sentence?

Thank you in advance.

 

[riquecohen]

Only took works in your sentence.

 

[joham]

Only took works in your sentence.

Thank you very much, riquecohen. Then if I change the 'so long' to 'too long', will the sentence 'It was her fault. We were late because she spent too long finishing her lunch.' make sense?

Thank you again.

 

[riquecohen]

Thank you very much, riquecohen. Then if I change the 'so long' to 'too long', will the sentence 'It was her fault. We were late because she spent too long finishing her lunch.' make sense?

Thank you again.

"Spent too much time finishing..." or "spent too long a time finishing..." would both be better.