Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb past] [pers pn] [art] [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 61 | It took her a long time to come to terms with that presence ; the proximity of an armed police officer was the most potent reminder of the gilded cage she had now entered . |
| 62 | It was difficult for her to breathe , and it took her a long time to climb the stairs . |
| 63 | As soon as she 'd gone , Flavia Sherman began to fumble with the buckle of her belt ; but her hands shook uncontrollably and it took her a long time to undress . |
| 64 | It took her a long time to negotiate the journey to the small , functional bathroom across the passage , but in the end she accomplished it without incident . |
| 65 | However , it took them a long time to see an ally in the Poles . |
| 66 | THE drivers who moaned about the parking problems at the Genesis concert at Knebworth because it took them a long time to get out make me mad . |
| 67 | it took them a long time to begin with when he started . |
| 68 | It took them I ca n't remember how many hours but it took them a long time . |
| 69 | It took him a long time to recover . |
| 70 | It took him a considerable time to do so but he succeeded and left a deep mark on Korea only equalled or exceeded by his arch-rival , Kim Il Sung in north Korea . |
| 71 | Then , steering the conversation back on course , she said , ‘ Are you saying it took you a long time to get over Jennifer ? ’ |
| 72 | And er it took us a long time to get the special material because as you will gather , we tend to do everything properly , so we had to have the a cloth specially woven er handwoven of course and especially dyed and for once we had it especially fooled in other words the nap was raised . |
| 73 | But it took us a long time to actually get to that stage because er , the police are at fault , the police launch these schemes and they go away and say get on with it and off we go |
| 74 | And er , it took us a little time to do that but and it was alright , but , well , but she bought us doughnut in company . |
| 75 | When he did it a second time , I put the light out . |
| 76 | But he gave me a hard time . |
| 77 | That 's what I thought it was at first but when he said it the next time it sounded different , it was nymph , rag nymph , that 's what he called me . |
| 78 | All of us did it the whole time . |