Example sentences of "but it [verb] [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | Duales System Deutschland ( DSD ) , the organization set up by industry to comply with a law requiring manufacturers to recycle packaging , has succeeded in dealing with paper , aliminium and glass , but it collected four times more plastic rubbish than it could cope with . |
| 2 | It was marvellous that it was all over , but it took some time to sink in , and in any event had no immediate effect on most of us . |
| 3 | Relatively little could be done for the first year or two ; Pitt had a view of the war that stretched over the whole world , but it took some time to prepare the resources to give effect to this vision . |
| 4 | But it took some time before any clear view emerged as to what these new arrangements should be . |
| 5 | But it took some time for our achievement to sink in . |
| 6 | But it took some time for our achievement to sink in . |