Example sentences of "took [pers pn] half " in BNC.
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| 1 | It rolled into a hollow and it took me half an hour to get it one yard back onto the road . |
| 2 | Like most of us , it took me half the trip to work out what they were ! |
| 3 | But it only took me half an hour to get to Blefuscu . |
| 4 | The pamphlet was some forty pages long , and it took me half an hour to read . |
| 5 | It only took me half a day to decide that I wanted the job . |
| 6 | It took them half the time to get Kevin out to the Murphy cart than it took to get Liam sobered up again and it was Nellie who finally drove the cart away with its very full load . |
| 7 | It took them half an hour to get the fire under control , and the building , two tractors and a number of farm implements were severely damaged . |
| 8 | It took him half an hour 's fast driving up the autobahn to reach the disaster point . |
| 9 | He eventually gave this one up and left them both threatening the car park attendant , but it took him half an hour to cross the street and ring the bell at No. 3 . |
| 10 | This , with other and routine business , took him half a morning , during which Inspector Lane was out of the office on other business and the two young sergeants were in and out all the time ; they seemed to work as a unit . |
| 11 | it was so erm steep and it took him half the service to get over , just , well then in the equity I am not fit , I 'm gon na lose weight and do exercise |
| 12 | Took us half the night to get all that stuff in . |