Example sentences of "it took [pers pn] [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | It took me a long while to pay it off . |
2 | It took me a long while though to realise that was Meg Ryan at the beginning . |
3 | ‘ Fifteen-foot Pipe — it took me a long rime to psych myself up to it . |
4 | That was the other thing , it took me a long fight to get my eye drops . |
5 | It took me a long time to accept the fact that now I should not be killed — that I should be one of the survivors . |
6 | It took me a long time to work out why I was eating my meals off a trampoline . ’ |
7 | It took me a long time to learn to transfer my attention to men . |
8 | It took me a long time to accept solos at all , and to this day there are still so few lead players that I really like . |
9 | It took me a long time , years rather than months , to relax enough for anyone to feel they could tell me anything . |
10 | ‘ It took me a long time to learn a fundamental truth about empowerment . |
11 | I do n't know why it took me a long time to get into the match . |
12 | It took me a long time even to begin to look at what I was going through . |
13 | It took me a long time to remove the stain . |
14 | Clambering over rocks and following narrow sheep trails — which tended to peter out disconcertingly in the thick bracken — it took me a long time to find a possible beck-traversing spot . |
15 | It took me a long time to admit that , but I gradually realized that many people were grateful to me for sharing the thought with them . |
16 | It took me a long time to find . |
17 | It took me a long time to understand that . ’ |
18 | It took me a long time to find it , too , with no qualifications and a lifetime of being a housewife . |
19 | I , it took me a long time , time to realise that one can be for a mug . |
20 | so it took me a long time to live down my weeds the lady with the weeds |
21 | I just think I just think it 's quite important for us all to realize I did a , when I used to do a similar job to this it took me a long time before I realized that the customer , you know on the phone does n't know that your you should n't have asked an open question there |
22 | One set of typefaces that I like there are on the slightly goofy side are the Goudys erm and it took me a long time of , your know , hearing purists try to explain to me why before I understood the distinction . |
23 | It took me a full minute to recognize the soldier in the bush . |
24 | It took me a little while to recover form the experience . |
25 | It took her a long time to come to terms with that presence ; the proximity of an armed police officer was the most potent reminder of the gilded cage she had now entered . |
26 | It was difficult for her to breathe , and it took her a long time to climb the stairs . |
27 | As soon as she 'd gone , Flavia Sherman began to fumble with the buckle of her belt ; but her hands shook uncontrollably and it took her a long time to undress . |
28 | It took her a long time to negotiate the journey to the small , functional bathroom across the passage , but in the end she accomplished it without incident . |
29 | It took her an absolute age to get off to sleep that night , and what sleep she did get was only sketchy . |
30 | However , it took them a long time to see an ally in the Poles . |