Example sentences of "it [vb -s] take [pers pn] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It has taken me twelve years to be as sure as I am now , and it might take a few more to be absolutely sure . |
| 2 | So it has taken me 60 years to finish the book I began in 1933 . |
| 3 | It has taken me 30 years to come to terms with my own guilt , which I now know to be unjustified , and with my anger . |
| 4 | It has taken me seven years to find the right school for my son . |
| 5 | Q I have layered , shoulder-length permed hair and it has taken me some time to grow it to this length . |
| 6 | The Piggotts reached the final in 1979 at their second attempt and it has taken them 13 years to get as close again . |
| 7 | The laibon wants it understood that it has taken him some time to trace the trouble back to this incident . |
| 8 | There were plenty of hands for your Caledonian Canal , but it has taken us three months to assemble a workforce here at St Catherine 's Dock . |
| 9 | Listen : it 's taken me two years to get this thing done . |
| 10 | ‘ It 's taken me four years to get to the point where I can admit this , but I still want you , Jessamy . |
| 11 | It 's taken me four years to get to the point where I can live without you , start to look forward to the future , and you 're not going to take that away from me . |
| 12 | ‘ It 's taken me 10 years to grow them this long so I do n't like hiding them completely under a hat . ’ |
| 13 | It 's taken me 24 years to go solo . |
| 14 | If you think like that , you 'll conquer the world , but it 's taken me ten years to discover it . ’ |
| 15 | It 's taken me twenty years to catch up . |
| 16 | It 's taken me 6 years . |
| 17 | so anyway he 's he 's engaged and it 's taken him two years to get engaged so it 's gon na take another couple of years to get married . |
| 18 | But if it 's taken him 28 years to rediscover the show , the character 's never left him : ‘ All that Cockney toughness is just a cover for the inability to love , ’ he says of Littlechap , but it could as easily apply to him ( 'I 'm desperately childish . |
| 19 | It 's taken him three years to organise the race , and select the crews . |
| 20 | Nine minutes it 's taken him this evening , no more — almost as fast as me . |
| 21 | They 've just reached the half way stage of the project but it 's taken them five years to get this far . |
| 22 | It 's taken them two years . |
| 23 | It 's taken them twenty years |
| 24 | I see the form tutor one as being now we 've got hold of record of achievement as being part of the developmental process of a record of achievement , now our youngsters know what a personal statement is , form tutors are happier with a joint statement it 's taken us four years |
| 25 | ‘ It 's taken us five years to get this far and by now we know when we 've had enough of each other and when to get out of the van and go and sit somewhere quiet to cool off , ’ says Craig . |