Example sentences of "take [pron] [art] [noun] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When I wake up , I know summat 's up when I open my eyes and see it 's all bright , but it takes me a minute to remember where I am . |
| 2 | It takes me a while to get there . |
| 3 | It takes me a bit to remember where I am . |
| 4 | Er , it takes me an hour to get there , if I 'm lucky now at roadworks and charging time in one day , is like an hour to patch , then you 're out on to the patch , in between appointments running about because Derby 's quite a big area , er , again if you 've got to cover an appointment in Matlock and you 're in Derby in the morning you 're talking a good forty five minute run to get there . |
| 5 | This this this is because the the Department of the Environment lost the paperwork for a year erm because apparently the Home Office are un incapable of reading documents unless they 're in order , and they take them in order and it takes them a year to read them . |
| 6 | ‘ Joyce always slowed it down a bit for Americans — takes them a while to tune in y'know . ’ |
| 7 | It takes him a minute to realize what it is . |
| 8 | I mean they had twenty two thousand people round this year , it 's takes him a week to recover , the poor man . |
| 9 | It takes him a moment to regain his composure . |
| 10 | She said : ‘ It takes us a year to save up and we try to put away £25 each every month . |
| 11 | It 'd take me a while to learn how to drive it , but after I learned that I reckon I could do it . |
| 12 | ‘ It will take me a while to get my travel permit stamped . |
| 13 | Shane beamed : ‘ After all this , it might take me a year to get my breath back . ’ |
| 14 | it 'll only take you a second to do that , bring you , mind yourself , let me just , whoosh that 's hot |
| 15 | Er but we like say do n't want to put everything in cos it would take you a while to analyze that but that 's another thing you might want to put on . |
| 16 | Plain or not , Fabia reckoned it would take her a fortnight to learn to say it . |
| 17 | I know I must finish clearing up the lawn , but , before doing so , I decide to telephone Auntie to come over on her bike even though I know it will take her an hour to get here from Hambledown . |
| 18 | ‘ It 'd take us an hour to get there . |
| 19 | The window was completely boarded up , it took me a while to do that . |
| 20 | It took me a while to take in what was going on , of course . |
| 21 | Electronic Mail ( E-mail ) is probably the least easy to configure under Mainlan , and indeed it took me a while to sort out exactly what was required to get a sensible system running . |
| 22 | ‘ It took me a while to realise that of course I am not really opening a window : something is zooming forward and appearing out of nothing . |
| 23 | It then took me a while to realise the significance of it , but at last I remembered it had been around Dora Belle 's neck , the person who murdered Perk and she must have placed it in Perk 's hand when she buried her . |
| 24 | It took me a while to believe those three things utterly and another while to risk acting on the belief . |
| 25 | I knew I made a mistake , marrying young , but it took me a while to work out what was wrong . |
| 26 | It took me a while to work out that it was now Saturday . |
| 27 | This seemed to relate closely to my problems , but I have to admit it took me a while to pluck up the courage to do that deadly and dangerous deed ( that everyone tells you never to do ) to my machine ! |
| 28 | ‘ We saw each other around quite a lot but it took me a while to warm up . |
| 29 | ‘ It took me a while to find out he ( Rare Bear ) pulled out because I could n't hear that well on the radio . |
| 30 | It took me a month to pass the first aid , anti-gas and light rescue tests , and then I was allocated to the Rivermead Court post . |