Example sentences of "taken some time " in BNC.
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| 1 | London has come to be my second home , but it has taken some time to get used to it . |
| 2 | Last week he produced a photograph of himself and dambuster bomb designer Barnes Wallis on the beach at Shingle Street , taken some time in the autumn of 1940 . |
| 3 | I have n't really had a vacation , this is the first time I 've taken some time off and I barely got here ; just because of the pace of the world , especially last year . |
| 4 | The twin wheeled trailer , which has the serial number 92MAR14 , was taken some time between 11.15 a.m. and 1 p.m . |
| 5 | The metallic blue car , and £130 worth of tools , was taken some time between 8 a.m. and 3.30 p.m . |
| 6 | Between the date of Meehan 's conviction and his appeal a month later , Nicky told me , he had an astonishing piece of luck in that there had come into his possession a tape-recording of an interview with Griffiths taken some time previously for a programme the BBC had made at Gartree prison . |
| 7 | When you saw what a disaster you had caused , you could of started again and taken some time , oh sorry I forgot that 's not godlike , you probably did n't want to know or is it that you enjoy what you made , a sort of entertainment , better than Home and Away , watching wars and diseases and things . |
| 8 | Following graduation , Mujadid returned home to Karachi at the end of October , having taken some time out to visit Spain and Italy for a well earned holiday . |
| 9 | It had taken some time to reach a decision , but eventually they had come across to check their bonds were in place , and then had gone off . |
| 10 | He had taken some time off yesterday morning to take Azor , and incidentally her , for a long walk . |
| 11 | It 's taken some time to construct . |
| 12 | This photograph , of a doctor , was one that had been taken some time previously to illustrate an article on long hours worked by junior doctors . |
| 13 | According to purchasing manager Roger DaForno , this excellent relationship has taken some time to build and there 's no doubt that both organizations ' commitment to a process of continuous improvement has helped immensely . |
| 14 | Whereas years ago , it would have taken some time for that come by by which time it was no longer news , and people shrugged their shoulders and say well , |