Example sentences of "it take a little [noun] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 It takes a little time to sec that you 're not moving forward any more , either because you do n't know how or because there is n't anywhere to move forward to .
2 I imagine they walked in silence for some way after that ; putting a new idea into someone 's imagination , even if that imagination belongs to the cleverest young Fellow of the very grandest college , is like turning on the television — it takes a little time for the set to warm up .
3 It takes a little while for an author to realize that his book has been a complete failure .
4 It takes a little bit of a little bit of maturity a little bit of communication skills and not everybody 's got that .
5 It took a little time for him to realise that ‘ Bovril ’ was not a local retailer .
6 It took a little time for employers to depersonalize personal computers .
7 Again it took a little while for them to calm down and when they had , Bartlemas , with mock solemnity , handed the envelope to Jacqui .
8 His proud father , also called Thomas , said today : ‘ It took a little while for us to realise what he had done .
9 I 'm sorry we could n't do it the day you arrived , but it took a little bit of organizing . "
10 It took a little bit of deft footwork to satisfy themselves that the first firm would not object to Rank using ‘ Carry On ’ in the title .
11 But of course it took a little bit of time , an hour or so , and th , the woman came round again , they said ca n't do you today
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