Example sentences of "it took i " in BNC.
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| 1 | It took me a long time to accept the fact that now I should not be killed — that I should be one of the survivors . |
| 2 | It took me years to finally comprehend . |
| 3 | It took me about three hours to get six stops . |
| 4 | ‘ It took me three attempts to land the fish but eventually I managed to bring it in to the bank and my mate Paul scooped the net under it . |
| 5 | For as long as it took me to get out of range , several birds used me for bombing practice , coming so close on occasions that ducking was a necessity rather than a flamboyant gesture . |
| 6 | It took me time to find out what was wrong but eventually I sorted it out . |
| 7 | It took me a few months to realise that my life was changed completely . |
| 8 | ‘ It took me a while to realise that of course I am not really opening a window : something is zooming forward and appearing out of nothing . |
| 9 | I was on to the exchange for your name and number as soon as the news came through , but it took me an hour and a half to bully someone into looking up where the phone-box was . |
| 10 | When I tried to lead her indoors she became indignant , shaking me off , ‘ Do you call yourself my niece , trying to get me into a burning house ! ’ and it took me some time to persuade her that all was well . |
| 11 | As I drove into the guide dog training centre at Leamington Spa it took me back to the day I arrived there to start my apprenticeship as a guide dog mobility instructor . |
| 12 | I remember THE FACE coming out very well — but it took me two years to make the cover . ’ |
| 13 | We were late in introducing this concept : it took me three years of persuasion for politicians to accept the idea . |
| 14 | It took me a while to believe those three things utterly and another while to risk acting on the belief . |
| 15 | It took me a long time to work out why I was eating my meals off a trampoline . ’ |
| 16 | Of course we had no right to expect the life of the household , let alone the street , to be hushed because of us , but in the absence of quiet it took me hours to drift off . |
| 17 | It took me ages to phone . ’ |
| 18 | For much of the time it took me through farmland , amidst the pleasant aroma of meadows , and often I found myself slowing the Ford to a crawl to better appreciate a stream or a valley I was passing . |
| 19 | It took me all of 18 months to figure out what was going on , which says a lot about me . ’ |
| 20 | THERE IS nothing particularly difficult about Creag Meagaidh , unless it comes up in a spelling test , yet it took me three attempts to get to the top of the damned thing . |
| 21 | I 've already revealed that I started out in a donkey jacket , but I should add that it took me at least ten years to get a decent kit . |
| 22 | It took me a devil of a time to find it I can tell you . |
| 23 | ‘ Fifteen-foot Pipe — it took me a long rime to psych myself up to it . |
| 24 | It rolled into a hollow and it took me half an hour to get it one yard back onto the road . |
| 25 | But the guilt would not go away : I omitted the incident from the log and it took me two years to own up to it . |
| 26 | Ordinarily I am not a quick thinker but this situation was very clear ; it took me only seconds to realize that Matt , with his family , needed the job more than I did , so I said to Fred , ‘ In that case , I would like to resign ’ . |
| 27 | I found that if I imbibed the medicinal stimulant too quickly , the pace of creative work ( and the typing ) slowed down , and it took me some weeks of careful experimentation to find the most efficacious ration . |
| 28 | It took me a month to pass the first aid , anti-gas and light rescue tests , and then I was allocated to the Rivermead Court post . |
| 29 | I have toured France with my girlfriend in it , it took me to my brother 's wedding . |
| 30 | Of course I called her Mum , but it took me quite a little while to accept her as my mother . |