Example sentences of "it took a [det] [noun] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | It took a little time for him to realise that ‘ Bovril ’ was not a local retailer . |
| 2 | It took a little time for employers to depersonalize personal computers . |
| 3 | It took a few minutes for me to balance the load . |
| 4 | It took a few minutes for Curtis and Adrian to realise their baby had disappeared . |
| 5 | It took a few minutes for his eyes to adjust to the dimness , and he remained still , blinking hard , making out the man standing directly in front of him holding the shotgun , while on the stairs to his left another person — a woman ? — was also holding what looked like a small pistol on him . |
| 6 | She only took her sunglasses off when she was inside the dark little shop but even then it took a few moments for her eyes to adjust . |
| 7 | It took a few days for the butis to decide to employ me , since I clearly was not about to join the Community , but I kept coming back and mucking in and it just sort of happened . |