Example sentences of "[noun prp] took a [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | Hyacinth took a long time to respond . |
| 2 | Sims took a long time to think about answering that . |
| 3 | Film superstar Alan Rickman took a little time to settle comfortably into the stage mantle of Shakespeare 's much-wronged prince , as if the echo of his own voice was vying with King Hamlet 's exhortations to do the deed , but this soon gives way to a gentle yet powerful Hamlet . |
| 4 | The engine box had a centre ‘ handle ’ and Ian took a long time sighting his chimney by this . |
| 5 | O'Hara took a long time to kick-start the motorbike from the kerb . |
| 6 | The four-cylinder engine was more reliable in 1957 , but BRM took a long time to realise that the P25 's air strut suspension — carried over from the V16 — was the cause of its savage oversteer . |