Example sentences of "it took people " in BNC.

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1 I enjoyed doing this because it took people by surprise .
2 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 .
3 The important thing was that it took people 's minds away from national policies .
4 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 .
5 It seemed to Elizabeth that it took people half an hour to greet each other each day .
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