Example sentences of "take [pron] a [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | I am so angry it takes me a long time to find the words . |
| 2 | got a lot of cards and it takes me a long time to do it |
| 3 | meant to be moving onto the tenth and eleventh floor it only takes them a short time to save time on that or , or cut down on your labour as usual . |
| 4 | Yes , I was just going to say you can do that with , like if you go , it takes you a long time to do it with prospects , they know you over the years , so you can just walk in . |
| 5 | It will take me a long time to correct & copy , though : when I have done so , of course you shall have it . |
| 6 | ‘ It will take me a long time to define what I mean . |
| 7 | How long did it take to establish that did it take you a long time to ? |
| 8 | Well Charlotte it 's not easy , it 's gon na take you a long time , but then so |
| 9 | It would take him a long time then would n't it ? |
| 10 | That should take him a long time to . |
| 11 | If we really fell in love and then never saw one another again , it would take us a long time to get over it and forget . |
| 12 | That 'll be one read , but we 'd have to read it to you and it 'll take us a long time ! |
| 13 | Erm that 's the plan of course it it will take us a long time to find something suitable . |
| 14 | I 'm sorry , it 's taking me a long time cos I do n't know what to do . |
| 15 | ‘ That lumbar puncture seems to be taking them a long time . ’ |
| 16 | It took me a long time to accept the fact that now I should not be killed — that I should be one of the survivors . |
| 17 | It took me a long time to work out why I was eating my meals off a trampoline . ’ |
| 18 | It took me a long time to learn to transfer my attention to men . |
| 19 | It took me a long time to accept solos at all , and to this day there are still so few lead players that I really like . |
| 20 | It took me a long time , years rather than months , to relax enough for anyone to feel they could tell me anything . |
| 21 | ‘ It took me a long time to learn a fundamental truth about empowerment . |
| 22 | I do n't know why it took me a long time to get into the match . |
| 23 | It took me a long time even to begin to look at what I was going through . |
| 24 | It took me a long time to remove the stain . |
| 25 | Clambering over rocks and following narrow sheep trails — which tended to peter out disconcertingly in the thick bracken — it took me a long time to find a possible beck-traversing spot . |
| 26 | It took me a long time to admit that , but I gradually realized that many people were grateful to me for sharing the thought with them . |
| 27 | It took me a long time to find . |
| 28 | It took me a long time to understand that . ’ |
| 29 | It took me a long time to find it , too , with no qualifications and a lifetime of being a housewife . |
| 30 | I , it took me a long time , time to realise that one can be for a mug . |