Example sentences of "take [pers pn] a [adj] time get " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | I do n't know why it took me a long time to get into the match . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | Then , steering the conversation back on course , she said , ‘ Are you saying it took you a long time to get over Jennifer ? ’ |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | I 'm a slow learner and it has taken me a long time to get there . |
| 7 | " It has taken me a long time to get here , " said the jubilant Mancunian as he left the press centre to start his celebrations . |
| 8 | It had taken her a long time to get over that . |