Example sentences of "it [adv] [verb] [art] [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Our stables are just a few miles away at Bognor and it only takes a short time to get him there . |
| 2 | Since it necessarily takes a long time to produce such a report , the mandatory period within which the legal claim should be registered has frequently , even usually , expired before the report is available . |
| 3 | Maybe it just seemed the right time , and the right place … ’ |
| 4 | They were out there , it just took a long time to find them . |
| 5 | It just requires a little time and activity from the old grey matter . |
| 6 | Bernie Ecclestone , however , feels guardedly optimistic , ‘ It always takes a long time to get an F1 race up and running in the US , ’ he said . |
| 7 | He was however er reasonably clear as to the speed at which local authorities tend to deal with these matters , he said that it always takes a long time and getting any answer out of the local authority might well take somewhere between six months and up to two years , he thought that perhaps eighteen months was a reasonable guess before he would actually manage to get somebody if Paul were to move as er , it maybe well occur to here or a different local authority then of course the application would just go back to square one and that would lead to more delay . |
| 8 | In a big house it often takes a long time for everyone to find ‘ Smee ’ . |
| 9 | Also the fragility of the grammar — there are a number of features that are not covered by the grammar and it often takes a long time to reject the sentence . |
| 10 | The two drawbacks were that it initially took a long time to get into , and it was hot — the first problem was solved , the second not . |
| 11 | I do n't know when this story started but it certainly happened a long time ago . |
| 12 | It therefore provides a good time to reflect on the experience so far in trying to encourage the transfer and synthesis of knowledge across the two fields and to look to the future in the light of that experience . |