Example sentences of "took me a " 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 | My twin sister is a nurse and I suppose all the blood and thunder of things took me a different way . |
| 3 | I took me a while to cotton on . |
| 4 | It took me a few months to realise that my life was changed completely . |
| 5 | ‘ 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 . |
| 6 | It took me a while to believe those three things utterly and another while to risk acting on the belief . |
| 7 | It took me a long time to work out why I was eating my meals off a trampoline . ’ |
| 8 | It took me a devil of a time to find it I can tell you . |
| 9 | ‘ Fifteen-foot Pipe — it took me a long rime to psych myself up to it . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | It took me a moment to work out what was going on . |
| 12 | I walked fast — my feet stood up to it very well , I 'd been sensible and worn my trainers not my nice stiletto wobblers , but it still took me a fair old time to get to somewhere possible . |
| 13 | It took me a long time to learn to transfer my attention to men . |
| 14 | It took me a few minutes to get the hang of things when I put the Legend through an amp . |
| 15 | As for playing the Manson , well , it took me a little time to get into it . |
| 16 | It took me a long time to accept solos at all , and to this day there are still so few lead players that I really like . |
| 17 | It took me a long time , years rather than months , to relax enough for anyone to feel they could tell me anything . |
| 18 | ‘ It was an unbelievable move and it took me a few weeks to come back down to earth . ’ |
| 19 | ‘ It took me a long time to learn a fundamental truth about empowerment . |
| 20 | I do n't know why it took me a long time to get into the match . |
| 21 | It took me a long time even to begin to look at what I was going through . |
| 22 | I knew I made a mistake , marrying young , but it took me a while to work out what was wrong . |
| 23 | ‘ It took me a while to find out he ( Rare Bear ) pulled out because I could n't hear that well on the radio . |
| 24 | It took me a very long time because I do n't have the kind of face which people immediately commit to memory , but if you keep popping up for thirty-five years , then inevitably people are going to say , ‘ Do n't I know you ? ’ |
| 25 | It took me a few minutes to feel brave enough to try her again . |
| 26 | ‘ Took me a little longer than I thought . |
| 27 | Oh , yes , it took me a bit of time to recognise you , but I got there in the end . |
| 28 | It took me a long time to remove the stain . |
| 29 | It took me a long while to pay it off . |
| 30 | ‘ We saw each other around quite a lot but it took me a while to warm up . |