Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] not take [adv] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | to the point where my father-in-law woken up in his room with hilarious giggles which do n't take long to ensue |
| 2 | It do n't take long to learn our song . |
| 3 | Still , it did not take long to sell , and as soon as people started to look over it , she told her family . |
| 4 | It did not take long to realise that what really worried Mrs Baran was Franziska 's relationship with her husband , although : ‘ … from the way in which Mr Baran talked about Franzi I did not at all get the impression that there is any reason for Mrs Baran to be jealous ’ . |
| 5 | It did not take long to see the extension of the concept . |
| 6 | It did not take long to fetch the horses round . |
| 7 | I did not live far from the school so it did not take long to get there . |
| 8 | It did n't take long to see it would be useless . ’ |
| 9 | It did n't take long to reach Pershore . |
| 10 | It did n't take long to track down Kimberly . |
| 11 | It did n't take long to set things up . |
| 12 | It did n't take long to tell him my story . |
| 13 | It did n't take long to get her under control . ’ |
| 14 | It did n't take long to get Graham 's eyes looking in the same direction . |
| 15 | It stuck a bit halfway , since zippers always do , but it did n't take long to get an opening big enough for the nomes to climb down inside . |
| 16 | It did n't take long to get things sorted out . |
| 17 | Once you 'd confirmed my suspicions it did n't take long to get to the bottom of the story . |
| 18 | It did n't take long to get to Lori 's suite , but this time her knock took longer to be answered . |
| 19 | It did n't take long to find out Nicola had told them that she was in line to take over my job . ’ |
| 20 | It did n't take long to find them . |
| 21 | His voice a husky , erotic whisper , he murmured , ‘ I 'm glad it did n't take long to change your mind . |
| 22 | It had n't taken long to make a fool of herself . |
| 23 | It had n't taken long to determine that the plane had been sabotaged . |
| 24 | It does not take long to reach negligible proportions . |
| 25 | But it does not take long to decide that the experiment is being conducted with skill , and that the pursuits have at least a little in common . |
| 26 | It does not take long to get used to plotting points on screen with the mouse , so creating simple straight line shapes soon becomes quite easy . |
| 27 | I have to confess that on many occasions I have had recourse to Hansard , of course only to check if my interpretation had conflicted with an express Parliamentary intention , but I can say that it does not take long to recall and assemble the relevant passages in which the particular section was dealt with in Parliament , nor does it take long to see if anything relevant was said . |
| 28 | No lunch is provided and it does not take long to eat what little they bring — a bit of salad , some bread and maybe a hard-boiled egg . |
| 29 | Baveno is a pretty village , although it does n't take long to explore it all . |
| 30 | Of course , you can just leave unwanted software on your hard disk , but with the average application taking up something between 10 and 20Mb , it does n't take long to fill your hard disk with junk . |