Example sentences of "have take me [adj] years [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It has taken me 30 years to come to terms with my own guilt , which I now know to be unjustified , and with my anger . |
| 2 | So it has taken me 60 years to finish the book I began in 1933 . |
| 3 | It has taken me seven years to find the right school for my son . |
| 4 | ‘ It 's taken me four years to get to the point where I can admit this , but I still want you , Jessamy . |
| 5 | It 's taken me four years to get to the point where I can live without you , start to look forward to the future , and you 're not going to take that away from me . |
| 6 | ‘ It 's taken me 10 years to grow them this long so I do n't like hiding them completely under a hat . ’ |
| 7 | Listen : it 's taken me two years to get this thing done . |
| 8 | It 's taken me 24 years to go solo . |
| 9 | If you think like that , you 'll conquer the world , but it 's taken me ten years to discover it . ’ |
| 10 | It 's taken me twenty years to catch up . |