Example sentences of "[coord] it [verb] time [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It 's like two distinct things , two different worlds , and it takes time to make the transition between them in one sitting . ’ |
| 2 | In order to have a current , charge carriers must be accelerated , and it takes time to accelerate particles of finite mass . |
| 3 | She 's very young , only a girl really , and it takes time to get used to this funny little country . |
| 4 | yeah I think that 's probably the best thing and gradually the past you 've missed might start fitting into place as it were you know if you , if you keep up with the present , I think that 's probably the best thing so er and , you know , er I know it 's no comfort but these things take time , you know it takes time to get socialized into something and it takes time to get used to a way of working . |
| 5 | He does not know what to do , and it takes time to solve the problem . |
| 6 | Er but it takes time to recover from the er the the shock and the experience and the unnerving . |
| 7 | Satellite surveillance is all very well , but it takes time to get information back and in that time a naval force can have moved a fair distance . |
| 8 | The nurses topped it up again as soon as they realised but it took time to go through and have any effect so I had about twenty minutes of real labour pains . |
| 9 | In Indochina , France became embroiled in one of the most complex of the post-war colonial conflicts , but it took time to accept that the days of European colonial rule were numbered . |
| 10 | He visited prisons in France , Holland , Austria , Prussia , Denmark , Sweden and Russia — but it took time to establish his authority and certainly his relationships with administrators and staff were often initially imbued with deep suspicion or outright opposition . |
| 11 | But it took time to develop interest . |