Example sentences of "it take [pron] [adv] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And it takes me over an hour to dry him . |
| 2 | It takes me about a quarter of an hour to walk briskly to work — the maddening thing is that I do not bring so that walking is reduced rather as my feet get tired in the heat , and we have had some really hot and humid days . |
| 3 | It takes me quite a while to go through them cos I check every one careful like . |
| 4 | There 's a lot of traffic here and it takes me quite a bit to cross all the roads to get to where I want . |
| 5 | Given any number , it takes her only a second to work out the combination of smaller numbers which add up to it . |
| 6 | Indeed , one in ten couples find it takes them over a year , while for others it is much quicker . |
| 7 | Indeed , one in ten couples find it takes them over a year , while for others it is much quicker . |
| 8 | Erm y'know even if it takes them quite a while to fill out y'know go through all eighty items y'know which could be erm y'know kind of , well depending how quickly they work y'know , sort of half an hour or something but if you if you get some er er a sort of type-written draft run off um I du n no , next Tuesday 's quite a quite a short deadline but maybe the Tuesday after that er we can try them on the first years if you like ? |
| 9 | It took me quite a while to rebuild my confidence . |
| 10 | To tell the truth , it took me quite a while to realize that the pitiable chirruping I heard all about me was , in fact , human speech . |
| 11 | It took me quite a while to convince him that my being with you was because I was trying to persuade you to — ’ |
| 12 | It took me quite a while to cope with the shock . ’ |
| 13 | A divorced friend of mine said that it took her about a year to reach the breakthrough . |
| 14 | Well , erm , of course it took them quite a while that the people |
| 15 | It took him nearly an hour to assemble the rest of the stick who had been dragged all over the desert by their parachutes . |
| 16 | He says it took him about a year to recover but now he 's fine here . |
| 17 | It took us over an hour the following morning to get through this pass , a notorious place for ambushes . |
| 18 | It took us about an hour by bus to get into the Central Market but in the last year we were there , the public transport system collapsed and we had to go home in trucks just as if we were cattle . |
| 19 | I think it took us about an hour and a half to get home ! |
| 20 | ‘ It took us quite a while to persuade other people just how much tennis in general could benefit , especially in those countries where Government grants are dependent on Olympic membership , if tennis was once again a member of the Olympic family . |