Example sentences of "[pron] [adj] years [to-vb] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ It 's taken me 10 years to grow them this long so I do n't like hiding them completely under a hat . ’ |
| 2 | It had taken her four years to meet him and within an hour it was all over . |
| 3 | Yeah taken you two years to collect it . |
| 4 | If you think like that , you 'll conquer the world , but it 's taken me ten years to discover it . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ He took over a team in turmoil — and it might take him five years to get it right . |
| 6 | He added : ‘ Scotland manager Andy Roxburgh said to me after the European Championship in Sweden , ‘ You 'll be surprised how you feel — it took me two years to feel they were my players . ’ |
| 7 | It took us three years to do it , but we changed the face of Mothercare and doubled the profits . |