Example sentences of "take [pron] a [noun] [to-vb] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | it 'll only take you a second to do that , bring you , mind yourself , let me just , whoosh that 's hot |
| 2 | Er but we like say do n't want to put everything in cos it would take you a while to analyze that but that 's another thing you might want to put on . |
| 3 | The window was completely boarded up , it took me a while to do that . |
| 4 | It took me a while to believe those three things utterly and another while to risk acting on the belief . |
| 5 | I bet it took him a week to think that one up . |
| 6 | It took us a day to pick two buckets of tiny bits of coal . |
| 7 | It has taken me a lifetime to learn that lesson . |