Example sentences of "take [pron] quite a [noun] [to-vb] " in BNC.

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1 It takes me quite a while to go through them cos I check every one careful like .
2 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 .
3 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 ?
4 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 .
5 It took me quite a while to cope with the shock . ’
6 It took me quite a while to rebuild my confidence .
7 It took me quite a while to convince him that my being with you was because I was trying to persuade you to — ’
8 ‘ 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 .
9 It 's taken me quite a while to come up with this team and i 'm sure i 've missed some absolute wankers out , but here goes .
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