Example sentences of "it had take [pos pn] [adj] years " in BNC.
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1 | It had taken her four years to meet him and within an hour it was all over . |
2 | It had taken her four years to get over him ; four years to get to the point where she could tell herself with some conviction that she had shaken off the last of the memories and was really ready to get on with her life . |
3 | Later , over a cup of coffee backstage , Kylie talks frankly about homesickness and how it had taken her two years to adjust to life in England . |
4 | It had taken her twenty-two years , but in the end the truth had finally sunk in . |
5 | She said it had taken her seven years to learn to play it , and the only problem was when there was a power cut . |