Example sentences of "it take [n mass] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sometimes it takes people years . |
| 2 | The main experimental procedure will involve measuring how long it takes people to read successive segments of carefully-prepared sentences presented on a microcomputer screen . |
| 3 | It took Corps rather a long time to adjust , I believe . |
| 4 | I enjoyed doing this because it took people by surprise . |
| 5 | It took people a long time to understand that Education had a much broader view on Channel 4 , and that many of the things that would elsewhere have been informational , or features or factual , would actually find a home in my lot , rather than in Liz 's . |
| 6 | The important thing was that it took people 's minds away from national policies . |
| 7 | Er But it took people busy to get it paid , you know , and in fact there was some people that could n't , er and it became a big worry to people . |
| 8 | It seemed to Elizabeth that it took people half an hour to greet each other each day . |