Example sentences of "took [pers pn] a [adj] [noun] get " in BNC.

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1 That was the other thing , it took me a long fight to get my eye drops .
2 I do n't know why it took me a long time to get into the match .
3 THE drivers who moaned about the parking problems at the Genesis concert at Knebworth because it took them a long time to get out make me mad .
4 Then , steering the conversation back on course , she said , ‘ Are you saying it took you a long time to get over Jennifer ? ’
5 It took us a good while to get to the location .
6 And er it took us a long time to get the special material because as you will gather , we tend to do everything properly , so we had to have the a cloth specially woven er handwoven of course and especially dyed and for once we had it especially fooled in other words the nap was raised .
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