Example sentences of "it [vb past] [pers pn] [art] long time " in BNC.
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1 | It took me a long time to accept the fact that now I should not be killed — that I should be one of the survivors . |
2 | It took me a long time to work out why I was eating my meals off a trampoline . ’ |
3 | It took me a long time to learn to transfer my attention to men . |
4 | It took me a long time to accept solos at all , and to this day there are still so few lead players that I really like . |
5 | It took me a long time , years rather than months , to relax enough for anyone to feel they could tell me anything . |
6 | ‘ It took me a long time to learn a fundamental truth about empowerment . |
7 | I do n't know why it took me a long time to get into the match . |
8 | It took me a long time even to begin to look at what I was going through . |
9 | It took me a long time to remove the stain . |
10 | Clambering over rocks and following narrow sheep trails — which tended to peter out disconcertingly in the thick bracken — it took me a long time to find a possible beck-traversing spot . |
11 | It took me a long time to admit that , but I gradually realized that many people were grateful to me for sharing the thought with them . |
12 | It took me a long time to find . |
13 | It took me a long time to understand that . ’ |
14 | It took me a long time to find it , too , with no qualifications and a lifetime of being a housewife . |
15 | I , it took me a long time , time to realise that one can be for a mug . |
16 | so it took me a long time to live down my weeds the lady with the weeds |
17 | I just think I just think it 's quite important for us all to realize I did a , when I used to do a similar job to this it took me a long time before I realized that the customer , you know on the phone does n't know that your you should n't have asked an open question there |
18 | One set of typefaces that I like there are on the slightly goofy side are the Goudys erm and it took me a long time of , your know , hearing purists try to explain to me why before I understood the distinction . |
19 | It took her a long time to come to terms with that presence ; the proximity of an armed police officer was the most potent reminder of the gilded cage she had now entered . |
20 | It was difficult for her to breathe , and it took her a long time to climb the stairs . |
21 | As soon as she 'd gone , Flavia Sherman began to fumble with the buckle of her belt ; but her hands shook uncontrollably and it took her a long time to undress . |
22 | It took her a long time to negotiate the journey to the small , functional bathroom across the passage , but in the end she accomplished it without incident . |
23 | However , it took them a long time to see an ally in the Poles . |
24 | THE drivers who moaned about the parking problems at the Genesis concert at Knebworth because it took them a long time to get out make me mad . |
25 | it took them a long time to begin with when he started . |
26 | It took them I ca n't remember how many hours but it took them a long time . |
27 | It took him a long time to recover . |
28 | Then , steering the conversation back on course , she said , ‘ Are you saying it took you a long time to get over Jennifer ? ’ |
29 | And er it took us a long time to get the special material because as you will gather , we tend to do everything properly , so we had to have the a cloth specially woven er handwoven of course and especially dyed and for once we had it especially fooled in other words the nap was raised . |
30 | But it took us a long time to actually get to that stage because er , the police are at fault , the police launch these schemes and they go away and say get on with it and off we go |