Example sentences of "[coord] it [verb] [pron] [adj] time " in BNC.

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1 And it made it ten times worse .
2 When I tried to lead her indoors she became indignant , shaking me off , ‘ Do you call yourself my niece , trying to get me into a burning house ! ’ and it took me some time to persuade her that all was well .
3 I was caught in a group near the door and it took me some time to realise that I ought to be looking at the pictures , since that was why we were there .
4 Such was Felicity 's introduction to Overclyst , and it took her some time to recover from it .
5 These have now been cleaned up , but it took us some time to cope with this disgraceful state of affairs … the condition of these children , and the behaviour of many of the mothers , has completely dissipated the goodwill and welcome accorded to them by the Welsh people , whose hospitality is proverbial .
6 It was only a momentary lapse on his part , but it gave her enough time to whirl round on him , her eyes widening as she spotted a revolver in his hand .
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