Example sentences of "have taken [pron] [adv] a [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | It has taken me quite a while to be able to do that . |
2 | I only live a few doors down the road from Derek and normally it would have taken me just a minute or two , but on this occasion it seemed to take ages . |
3 | After all , it may have taken them quite a lot of courage to criticize you in the first place . |
4 | Eva said it had taken them nearly a month to get booked up . |
5 | It had taken them over an hour to find the F40 . |
6 | It 's taken me quite a while to come up with this team and i 'm sure i 've missed some absolute wankers out , but here goes . |