Example sentences of "but it [vb past] me [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 I remember THE FACE coming out very well — but it took me two years to make the cover . ’
2 We 're talking about half an ounce , which does n't exactly sound like a weight problem , but it took me another day or so to take it off her .
3 ‘ I first met Julie when I walked into her gallery but it took me three years to walk out with her as my wife , ’ he says .
4 I did n't know what had been the last meal eaten before leaving South America but it took me twenty minutes to coathanger my way through it , and consequently I had missed breakfast .
5 But it hit me one day , he did n't care or he would have made that effort to come and see me and he did n't .
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