Example sentences of "it [verb] take [adj] [noun] get " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is remarkable that the talks have got so far , even if it has taken six years to get within touching distance of a deal . |
| 2 | It has taken five years to get this one right and the Government will not want to repeat the mistakes of the mid-1980s when Nigel Lawson thought he had beaten inflation , only to discover that it was just sleeping . |
| 3 | Despite the Constabulary 's evil reputation , it has taken three years to get a law though Congress that abolished the organisation . |
| 4 | It has taken three years to get Tokyo 's approval for new lessons on Japan 's traditional arts . |
| 5 | London has come to be my second home , but it has taken some time to get used to it . |
| 6 | It had taken three cars to get the ten miles from the city to the airport ; Georgians get uncharacteristically ruthless about transport in times of war , when petrol is scarce . |