Example sentences of "it took a [adj] time before " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the provinces it took a little time before London fashions were adopted . |
| 2 | It took a long time before she could even bring herself to close her eyes , let alone contemplate sleep . |
| 3 | It took a long time before she 'd sit in that chair . |
| 4 | It took a long time before she would sit in there though did n't it ? |
| 5 | she was one of the first anyway , so er , but it took a long time before she had them , five years ' wait , and she said , that , at the last attempt she said to her husband that 's it now , if it does n't work this time , that 's it , I 'm not having any more attempts , that 's it definitely , and they had that successfully and that 's how they had the twins , so they 're her children , they are their children , it 's just they were fertilized outside the womb , in a glass dish it 's fascinating i n't it ? she said it 's really fascinating I can assure you I said oh I can see |