Example sentences of "take we a [adj] [noun] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But well you know , it seems , that one such attempt has been ruined and rejected by the council , and it may take us a weary while to find a fair agreement and a council sobered enough and sensible enough to abide by it . |
| 2 | If we really fell in love and then never saw one another again , it would take us a long time to get over it and forget . |
| 3 | Erm that 's the plan of course it it will take us a long time to find something suitable . |
| 4 | There 's no panacea ; er it will take us a little while to get our programmes in place and to get them producing results . |
| 5 | Even at top levels of Highlight speed it would take us a few bio-days to get there . |
| 6 | And er , it took us a little time to do that but and it was alright , but , well , but she bought us doughnut in company . |
| 7 | It took us a good while to get to the location . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | It only took us a few seconds to realize the mistake but by then twenty-eight kids and three of the missionaries were either dead or dying . |
| 10 | This view of acting behaviour as no more than role function has taken us a long time to understand . |