Example sentences of "it take [pers pn] [adj] [pos pn] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Well , I ca n't promise that if you leave I 'll be as generous as he was ; I 'll continue your allowance certainly , but as for a house , no ; for as you are well aware , because you know the books as well as I do , it takes us all our time , even with my salary , to continue living here as we have done of yore . |
| 2 | I mean it takes you all your time to find a good nice potato an'all |
| 3 | It took me all my self-control not to turn round from the job I was doing until she had stopped and was ready for applause . |
| 4 | I remember me getting up about three o'clock in the morning I heard the wind and I got up to look at the stack yard and start to put er bits of pit props and that into the nets and and and the wind was getting that strong the pit props was going flying over me head and I gave it up and made for and it 's certainly not a very high door at Greenspot but or a very big door but it took me all my time to get the door closed . |
| 5 | And it took you all your time to get them decent again with a wet rag . |