Example sentences of "it take people " in BNC.

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1 Sometimes it takes people years .
2 The main experimental procedure will involve measuring how long it takes people to read successive segments of carefully-prepared sentences presented on a microcomputer screen .
3 I enjoyed doing this because it took people by surprise .
4 It took people a long time to understand that Education had a much broader view on Channel 4 , and that many of the things that would elsewhere have been informational , or features or factual , would actually find a home in my lot , rather than in Liz 's .
5 The important thing was that it took people 's minds away from national policies .
6 Er But it took people busy to get it paid , you know , and in fact there was some people that could n't , er and it became a big worry to people .
7 It seemed to Elizabeth that it took people half an hour to greet each other each day .
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