Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] not take [adv] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Still , it did not take long to sell , and as soon as people started to look over it , she told her family . |
| 2 | It did not take long to realise that what really worried Mrs Baran was Franziska 's relationship with her husband , although : ‘ … from the way in which Mr Baran talked about Franzi I did not at all get the impression that there is any reason for Mrs Baran to be jealous ’ . |
| 3 | It did not take long to see the extension of the concept . |
| 4 | It did not take long to fetch the horses round . |
| 5 | I did not live far from the school so it did not take long to get there . |
| 6 | It does not take long to reach negligible proportions . |
| 7 | But it does not take long to decide that the experiment is being conducted with skill , and that the pursuits have at least a little in common . |
| 8 | It does not take long to get used to plotting points on screen with the mouse , so creating simple straight line shapes soon becomes quite easy . |
| 9 | I have to confess that on many occasions I have had recourse to Hansard , of course only to check if my interpretation had conflicted with an express Parliamentary intention , but I can say that it does not take long to recall and assemble the relevant passages in which the particular section was dealt with in Parliament , nor does it take long to see if anything relevant was said . |
| 10 | No lunch is provided and it does not take long to eat what little they bring — a bit of salad , some bread and maybe a hard-boiled egg . |