Example sentences of "[verb] take [pron] [adj] [noun] get " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Piggotts reached the final in 1979 at their second attempt and it has taken them 13 years to get as close again . |
| 2 | Mind you , it has taken her 13 years to get there — that is how long the series has been running . |
| 3 | ‘ I can see that it 's going to take me some time to get an answer from the hospital , and I have yet to sort out this business of the air-conditioning . |
| 4 | It had taken her four years to get over him ; four years to get to the point where she could tell herself with some conviction that she had shaken off the last of the memories and was really ready to get on with her life . |
| 5 | It had taken him two days to get a seat on the Paris Express from Madrid . |
| 6 | ‘ It 's taken me four years to get to the point where I can admit this , but I still want you , Jessamy . |
| 7 | It 's taken me four years to get to the point where I can live without you , start to look forward to the future , and you 're not going to take that away from me . |
| 8 | Listen : it 's taken me two years to get this thing done . |
| 9 | so anyway he 's he 's engaged and it 's taken him two years to get engaged so it 's gon na take another couple of years to get married . |
| 10 | They 've just reached the half way stage of the project but it 's taken them five years to get this far . |
| 11 | ‘ It 's taken us five years to get this far and by now we know when we 've had enough of each other and when to get out of the van and go and sit somewhere quiet to cool off , ’ says Craig . |