Example sentences of "[pers pn] took [art] [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | I took a little time off in Rome to do some shopping . |
| 2 | Mind you yours took a long time , you know that bump Tom had going to his |
| 3 | She took a long time to dress . |
| 4 | There was a lot to look at , so she took a long time coming back after school , stopping to watch the men mending holes in the roads , to watch the demolition team with their mighty metal ball swinging on its chain from the crane clearing the bomb-site , to watch carpenters erecting wooden hoardings around the cleared sites to keep the people out , to see bill-stickers on ladders pasting huge coloured pictures on to the hoardings . |
| 5 | And she took a long time to answer it . |
| 6 | When she first joined the company , packing vitamins and herbal medicines three years ago , she took a little time to get used to the work . |
| 7 | And Fergie honestly admitted of his shock £1million signing from Cambridge : ‘ We took a long time assessing him . |
| 8 | And they took a long time making it . |
| 9 | And they took a long time serving it . |
| 10 | They took a long time to settle , missing more than they realised the wise , old heads of Ackford , Teague and even Richards . |
| 11 | Mozart , whose feelings for her took a long time to cool , later wrote more music for her , including the role of Madame Herz in his Singspiel Der Schauspieldirektor ( The Impresario ) , and she was the first Viennese Donna Anna in Don Giovanni . |
| 12 | Tromsø was huddled and silent below and he took a long time over his last look . |
| 13 | He took a long time to answer the door and his painful movements towards and into his armchair explained why . |
| 14 | It took a little time for him to realise that ‘ Bovril ’ was not a local retailer . |
| 15 | In the provinces it took a little time before London fashions were adopted . |
| 16 | It took a little time to find the girl who had been moved and was not in the room that the Sub-lieutenant had told him how to find . |
| 17 | It took a little time , but he drank the lot and went back to sleep . |
| 18 | It took a little time for employers to depersonalize personal computers . |
| 19 | Since he was n't sure of the date , it took a little time , but there was no missing it when he found the right volume . |
| 20 | It took a little time , and without the guidance she would never have found it in a million years . |
| 21 | After leaving the Navy , it took a little time to become used to a normal bed again , as the hammock had proved to be such an ideal sleeping arrangement . |
| 22 | It took a little time , but er , eventually he got it , and now I 'm delighted to say he 's one of the most organised managers on earth . |
| 23 | The Chinese also knew another archaic type of water-clock , a floating bowl with a hole in its base that was adjusted so that it took a specific time to sink . |
| 24 | He 's a fabulous guy and very funny , but it took a long time , and I do n't take credit for it , but it took a long time to put him in a situation where I felt that he was at maximum ‘ comfortableness ’ , so that his shyness — and he was very shy — was overcome . |
| 25 | He 's a fabulous guy and very funny , but it took a long time , and I do n't take credit for it , but it took a long time to put him in a situation where I felt that he was at maximum ‘ comfortableness ’ , so that his shyness — and he was very shy — was overcome . |
| 26 | ‘ The device looks simple , but it took a long time to find companies that could make it , ’ he says . |
| 27 | It took a long time to figure out how his hair goes . |
| 28 | The blaze commenced one lunchtime when few people were in the premises , so there was no loss of life , but it took a long time for the blaze to be brought under control and some days before the firemen were able to be sure that there was no risk of further outbreaks of fire . |
| 29 | It took a long time to bring the fire under control , the local pubs kept open for three days and nights . |
| 30 | The old lady was quite sprightly for her age but it took a long time for them both to reach the top floor . |