Example sentences of "it [vb past] a [det] [noun] for " in BNC.
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1 | It took a little time for him to realise that ‘ Bovril ’ was not a local retailer . |
2 | It took a little time for employers to depersonalize personal computers . |
3 | It took a few minutes for me to balance the load . |
4 | It took a few minutes for Curtis and Adrian to realise their baby had disappeared . |
5 | It took a few minutes for his eyes to adjust to the dimness , and he remained still , blinking hard , making out the man standing directly in front of him holding the shotgun , while on the stairs to his left another person — a woman ? — was also holding what looked like a small pistol on him . |
6 | She only took her sunglasses off when she was inside the dark little shop but even then it took a few moments for her eyes to adjust . |
7 | It took a few days for the butis to decide to employ me , since I clearly was not about to join the Community , but I kept coming back and mucking in and it just sort of happened . |