Example sentences of "[pers pn] took [pers pn] a [adj] time " in BNC.

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1 As for playing the Manson , well , it took me a little time to get into it .
2 It took me a long time to accept the fact that now I should not be killed — that I should be one of the survivors .
3 It took me a long time to work out why I was eating my meals off a trampoline . ’
4 It took me a long time to learn to transfer my attention to men .
5 It took me a long time to accept solos at all , and to this day there are still so few lead players that I really like .
6 It took me a long time , years rather than months , to relax enough for anyone to feel they could tell me anything .
7 It took me a long time to learn a fundamental truth about empowerment .
8 I do n't know why it took me a long time to get into the match .
9 It took me a long time even to begin to look at what I was going through .
10 It took me a long time to remove the stain .
11 Clambering over rocks and following narrow sheep trails — which tended to peter out disconcertingly in the thick bracken — it took me a long time to find a possible beck-traversing spot .
12 It took me a long time to admit that , but I gradually realized that many people were grateful to me for sharing the thought with them .
13 It took me a long time to find .
14 It took me a long time to understand that . ’
15 It took me a long time to find it , too , with no qualifications and a lifetime of being a housewife .
16 I , it took me a long time , time to realise that one can be for a mug .
17 so it took me a long time to live down my weeds the lady with the weeds
18 I just think I just think it 's quite important for us all to realize I did a , when I used to do a similar job to this it took me a long time before I realized that the customer , you know on the phone does n't know that your you should n't have asked an open question there
19 One set of typefaces that I like there are on the slightly goofy side are the Goudys erm and it took me a long time of , your know , hearing purists try to explain to me why before I understood the distinction .
20 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 .
21 It was difficult for her to breathe , and it took her a long time to climb the stairs .
22 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 .
23 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 .
24 However , it took them a long time to see an ally in the Poles .
25 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 .
26 it took them a long time to begin with when he started .
27 It took them I ca n't remember how many hours but it took them a long time .
28 It took him a long time to recover .
29 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 .
30 Then , steering the conversation back on course , she said , ‘ Are you saying it took you a long time to get over Jennifer ? ’
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