Example sentences of "[verb] take i [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | It has taken me twelve years to be as sure as I am now , and it might take a few more to be absolutely sure . |
2 | This has taken me four years and I reckon the Atlantic 's the one to go for.I 'm sure it 's not that difficult . |
3 | It has taken me 30 years to come to terms with my own guilt , which I now know to be unjustified , and with my anger . |
4 | So it has taken me 60 years to finish the book I began in 1933 . |
5 | It has taken me seven years to find the right school for my son . |
6 | Q I have layered , shoulder-length permed hair and it has taken me some time to grow it to this length . |
7 | Well if I 'm going to read this er at all properly it 's going to take me all afternoon is n't it ? |
8 | But he is going to take me some day this week to some lovely woods he knows . |
9 | ‘ I can see that it 's going to take me some time to get an answer from the hospital , and I have yet to sort out this business of the air-conditioning . |
10 | It 's going to take me some time to type that list . |
11 | ‘ I mean that it might have taken me some time to see through your ‘ innocent abroad ’ act . |
12 | It had taken me fifteen minutes . |
13 | ‘ It 's taken me four years to get to the point where I can admit this , but I still want you , Jessamy . |
14 | It 's taken me four years to get to the point where I can live without you , start to look forward to the future , and you 're not going to take that away from me . |
15 | ‘ It 's taken me 10 years to grow them this long so I do n't like hiding them completely under a hat . ’ |
16 | Listen : it 's taken me two years to get this thing done . |
17 | It 's taken me 24 years to go solo . |
18 | It 's taken me 6 years . |
19 | If you think like that , you 'll conquer the world , but it 's taken me ten years to discover it . ’ |
20 | It 's taken me twenty years to catch up . |