Example sentences of "it [vb past] [verb] a [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | It seemed to take a long time . |
| 2 | It seemed to take a long time to reach the end of the wall and I was about to turn right towards the door of the farm kitchen when from my left I heard the sudden rattle of a chain then a roaring creature launched itself at me , bayed once , mightily , into my face and was gone . |
| 3 | It took Rauschning a long time to realise that his standpoint was exactly opposite to Forster 's . |
| 4 | It did take a long time for anything to happen . |
| 5 | Having said that he was very immature the report added that there had been considerable improvement , but it had taken a long time ( he had only been at school for four terms and had had a change of teacher ) . |
| 6 | It had taken a long time for the initial hostility and suspicion between them to wear off . |
| 7 | Once I noticed the familiar gap in a row of houses like the space left by a drawn tooth , but I could not be certain that it was the result of bombing and if it was it had happened a long time ago . |