Example sentences of "have take me [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 It has taken me twelve years to be as sure as I am now , and it might take a few more to be absolutely sure .
2 This has taken me four years and I reckon the Atlantic 's the one to go for.I 'm sure it 's not that difficult .
3 It has taken me 30 years to come to terms with my own guilt , which I now know to be unjustified , and with my anger .
4 So it has taken me 60 years to finish the book I began in 1933 .
5 It has taken me seven years to find the right school for my son .
6 Q I have layered , shoulder-length permed hair and it has taken me some time to grow it to this length .
7 ‘ I mean that it might have taken me some time to see through your ‘ innocent abroad ’ act .
8 It had taken me fifteen minutes .
9 ‘ It 's taken me four years to get to the point where I can admit this , but I still want you , Jessamy .
10 It 's taken me four years to get to the point where I can live without you , start to look forward to the future , and you 're not going to take that away from me .
11 ‘ It 's taken me 10 years to grow them this long so I do n't like hiding them completely under a hat . ’
12 Listen : it 's taken me two years to get this thing done .
13 It 's taken me 24 years to go solo .
14 It 's taken me 6 years .
15 If you think like that , you 'll conquer the world , but it 's taken me ten years to discover it . ’
16 It 's taken me twenty years to catch up .
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