Example sentences of "it [verb] i [adv] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Luckily , I was not hurt , but it showed me how dangerous life was going to be in Brobdingnag . |
| 2 | My boyfriend and I have been going out for six weeks and everything is wonderful but it takes me honestly two hours to reach orgasm . |
| 3 | And I tell you what , it took me probably another couple of years to get out of that . |
| 4 | It took me nearly twenty minutes to talk her out of the loo , finally having to promise that Nevil was not a friend , that he would n't call the police and that there would be no need for Mr and Mrs Binkworthy to know anything untoward had happened that afternoon . |
| 5 | It took me about six months to even be able to hear what he 'd done ; I just could n't relate to it because I had so many preconceptions about what I thought it should be . |
| 6 | And of Thompson , he added : ‘ It took me about two years to buy Thompson from Slough . |
| 7 | It took me about two weeks to catch up with the loss . |
| 8 | Well one of the great lessons of life is of course you ca n't have everything you want all at the same time it took me about sixty years to learn that . |
| 9 | It took me about ten days to work my way into it , after that I found it very acceptable . |
| 10 | It took me about three hours to get six stops . |
| 11 | It took me about three hours to do my homework so I was very tired after everything . |
| 12 | It took me about three months , perhaps longer , three to six months before I realised that I was dependent on it . |
| 13 | It took me about three seconds to realize that no human agency would ever get the ball out that way and without thinking I withdrew my hands , braced both thumbs behind the angle of the lower jaw and pushed . |
| 14 | It has everything you need to control your stock and invoices and is the ideal package for the small business , due to its ease of use , it took me only five minutes to get to grips with the program . |
| 15 | it took me quite some time to cross that road ; |
| 16 | It lasts me about two minutes . |
| 17 | It gave me so much joy … ’ |
| 18 | Ladies and gentlemen , he would say , Ladies and gentlemen , now it gives me very great pleasure to introduce the woman who is responsible for holding this whole show together ; the woman who first understood all those years ago that there was crying need for a place where all you lovely people could gather of an evening , the one that we all know and love , and so … would you please welcome on stage , the very lovely , the very talented … once again … our very own … and sometimes he would fade out , and not even say her name , and he would pause , he would make us wait , he would suspend his elegant hands over the keys ; and then , in that silence , he would play the first notes of the actual song itself . |
| 19 | Colleagues , can I now take , er , a moment of your time and it gives me very great pleasure to call upon the President to deliver his address to congress . |
| 20 | It struck me as wonderful stuff , so I got in touch and tried to get them to do the music for Doctor Who , but they just did n't have the time . |