Example sentences of "[pers pn] take a little while " in BNC.
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| 1 | There are many lessons we can learn from other animals , to our great and continuing advantage , and it is high time we took a little while to sit and stare at the other creatures with which we share the earth . |
| 2 | Sometimes it takes a little while to realize you really have lost interest in something , I said to him . |
| 3 | It takes a little while for an author to realize that his book has been a complete failure . |
| 4 | Ultimately one admires its naturalness , its ability simply to relay the balance and range that Rattle has fashioned from the podium ( or so it seems ) , but it takes a little while . |
| 5 | It took a little while to dispose of the competition . |
| 6 | Again it took a little while for them to calm down and when they had , Bartlemas , with mock solemnity , handed the envelope to Jacqui . |
| 7 | His proud father , also called Thomas , said today : ‘ It took a little while for us to realise what he had done . |