Example sentences of "take [pers pn] a [adj] [noun] to get " in BNC.
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1 | If we really fell in love and then never saw one another again , it would take us a long time to get over it and forget . |
2 | There 's no panacea ; er it will take us a little while to get our programmes in place and to get them producing results . |
3 | That was the other thing , it took me a long fight to get my eye drops . |
4 | I do n't know why it took me a long time to get into the match . |
5 | THE drivers who moaned about the parking problems at the Genesis concert at Knebworth because it took them a long time to get out make me mad . |
6 | Then , steering the conversation back on course , she said , ‘ Are you saying it took you a long time to get over Jennifer ? ’ |
7 | It took us a good while to get to the location . |
8 | And er it took us a long time to get the special material because as you will gather , we tend to do everything properly , so we had to have the a cloth specially woven er handwoven of course and especially dyed and for once we had it especially fooled in other words the nap was raised . |
9 | I 'm a slow learner and it has taken me a long time to get there . |
10 | " It has taken me a long time to get here , " said the jubilant Mancunian as he left the press centre to start his celebrations . |
11 | It had taken her a long time to get over that . |