Example sentences of "[conj] it took i [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | Ronnie Wood came over once and it took me three months to clean up the mess . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | I found that if I imbibed the medicinal stimulant too quickly , the pace of creative work ( and the typing ) slowed down , and it took me some weeks of careful experimentation to find the most efficacious ration . |
| 5 | Even if it took me ten years I would get my own back . ’ |
| 6 | I remember THE FACE coming out very well — but it took me two years to make the cover . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ I first met Julie when I walked into her gallery but it took me three years to walk out with her as my wife , ’ he says . |
| 8 | I did n't know what had been the last meal eaten before leaving South America but it took me twenty minutes to coathanger my way through it , and consequently I had missed breakfast . |