Example sentences of "[noun] and [pron] take me [adj] " in BNC.

  Next page
No Sentence
1 It rolled into a hollow and it took me half an hour to get it one yard back onto the road .
2 I remember when my husband was alive and we had a Sardinian couple with some unpronounceable name and it took me three months to teach her to make tea properly .
3 I was caught in a group near the door and it took me some time to realise that I ought to be looking at the pictures , since that was why we were there .
4 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 .
5 Well I studied an art class in the school and it took me twenty five minutes to walk from my house .
  Next page