Example sentences of "[pron] took [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | While loading Frankenstein I took some time to read the inlay . |
| 2 | I took more time off than usual after the World Championships , feeling that I needed a break . |
| 3 | Sam followed , only detained by trying to shut the door properly , which took some time . |
| 4 | ‘ As soon as we got him to a doctor — which took some time — it was discovered that Major Maxim must have held the ammonia under our man 's nose while pouring some odourless spirit — quite possibly strong vodka — onto the blindfold in order to produce the stinging sensation . ’ |
| 5 | Research was carried out on the stability of such ferries , which took some time . |
| 6 | Some rays , which took a longer time to travel , left the white hole earlier ( when it was smaller ) while others , which took less time to travel , would have left the white hole later ( when it was bigger ) . |
| 7 | She then felt reluctant to go downstairs to face the man who had so recently been kissing her bare breasts , so she took extra time to straighten the bed where she had almost been willing to — no , longing to make love with Silas , she amended with a burst of mental honesty . |
| 8 | Because he was so vastly entertaining , you took those times with the others . ’ |
| 9 | ’ You took enough time , ’ she panted . |
| 10 | We took more time over the song-writing and all chipped in together . ’ |
| 11 | In the last two chapters we took some time to reach the chosen texts . |
| 12 | In spite of the garden we took some time to get accustomed to our new way of living . |
| 13 | I said , I 'm afraid erm , you know , that so he , he had to take some time , er , we ha we took some time to find the book of the words which |
| 14 | Cec was a clever , goalscoring inside or centre-forward although , as his career records show , he took some time to come to terms with the standard required in Division Two of the Football League . |
| 15 | He took some time because he jacked up the chair on books to make good the missing leg , rather than have an unsuspecting colleague collapse . |
| 16 | It took little time to decide that her new mama was just like the doll , with her big blue eyes , and her made up face and blonde hair . |
| 17 | It took considerable time here for the work of the CAB to be understood but its place is now firmly established . |
| 18 | It took considerable time to charge the palladium fully and Fleischmann was in Britain when , one night , Pons ' son was sent to the laboratory to reduce the current . |
| 19 | Praxis says it took less time to install the ANDF version of the program than the 15 minutes it takes to compile the C sources of Wingz . |
| 20 | It took some time to get entry , there were delays , long sessions of questioning and trouble with certificates but in the end it was sorted out and we got on a plane in April 1974 . |
| 21 | In this early period American railway capital and building energies went mainly into track and engineering , and it took some time for the station to catch up with the grandiose schemes of the companies . |
| 22 | Even in a presidency capital like Bombay , it took some time for the station to catch up with the developing pretension of the city . |
| 23 | They would have married sooner but had to wait for her divorce ; Pamela Chrimes told me that it took some time to obtain the evidence of adultery which was then necessary . |
| 24 | Once he had got the idea of killing her ( and at first this fantasy did not seem very different from the reveries in which he wept by her open grave , comforted by young , fashionably dressed women ) it took some time to appreciate that this scenario was of quite a different type from the others . |
| 25 | The responsibility had lain so heavily that it took some time to readjust . |
| 26 | It took some time , but after 36 buns and a 40-ounce bottle of whiskey had been used up , the gulls were found to be reacting admirably and appeared to be enjoying the ‘ experiment ’ as much as the engineers . |
| 27 | It was marvellous that it was all over , but it took some time to sink in , and in any event had no immediate effect on most of us . |
| 28 | It took some time for the War Office to be persuaded that fugitives from the enemy could usefully serve their adopted country . |
| 29 | it took some time before it was explained to them that the French pronunciation of GPT sounded just like ‘ J'ai pété ’ which , as all you Europhiles no doubt know , means ‘ I have broken wind . ’ |
| 30 | It took some time before Willie allowed himself to relax in the water . |