Example sentences of "not take him long " in BNC.
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| 1 | As a free man in a growing country , it did not take him long to see the potential . |
| 2 | It did not take him long . |
| 3 | Summers does attempt to list his subject 's achievements ; it does not take him long . |
| 4 | But it did not take him long to sort out what was wrong with it . |
| 5 | The Villa Fiesole was a fairly big house and yet it had not taken him long to find the box . |
| 6 | It had not taken him long , Ashley thought wryly . |
| 7 | It not take him long to realize that if the police wanted someone to carry the can , then Dirk Coetzee was heading for death row . |
| 8 | It did n't take him long to master the basics of what British Steel was all about and he has been just as versatile in acquiring an understanding of a diverse range of other businesses , from computers and oil drilling to knitwear machines . |
| 9 | ‘ You see , it did n't take him long to find the riff-raff , ’ Moran said . |
| 10 | It did n't take him long to realize that one less headache was getting rid of me . |
| 11 | It did n't take him long , and all she wanted were her books and all the time the mother was crying and rocking backwards and forwards and the old father was ranting on in Yiddish . |
| 12 | ‘ That wo n't take him long . |
| 13 | ‘ That wo n't take him long . |
| 14 | ‘ He has that particular continental style but it wo n't take him long to gel . |
| 15 | That wo n't take him long though |
| 16 | Well it do n't take him long does it ? |
| 17 | Well , it had n't taken him long to show his true colours ! |
| 18 | Well that has n't take him long , did it ? |