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 It takes me a little time to get calm again .
4 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 .
5 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 .
6 It will take me a long time to correct & copy , though : when I have done so , of course you shall have it .
7 ‘ It will take me a long time to define what I mean .
8 How long did it take to establish that did it take you a long time to ?
9 Well Charlotte it 's not easy , it 's gon na take you a long time , but then so
10 If you want to stay with STG , I 'll be happy to arrange to have your work handled by one of the other partners although it may take him a little time to be able to handle your affairs completely on his own without asking you a lot of questions . ’
11 It would take him a long time then would n't it ?
12 That should take him a long time to .
13 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 .
14 That 'll be one read , but we 'd have to read it to you and it 'll take us a long time !
15 Erm that 's the plan of course it it will take us a long time to find something suitable .
16 I 'm sorry , it 's taking me a long time cos I do n't know what to do .
17 ‘ That lumbar puncture seems to be taking them a long time . ’
18 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 .
19 It took me a long time to work out why I was eating my meals off a trampoline . ’
20 It took me a long time to learn to transfer my attention to men .
21 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 .
22 It took me a long time , years rather than months , to relax enough for anyone to feel they could tell me anything .
23 ‘ It took me a long time to learn a fundamental truth about empowerment .
24 I do n't know why it took me a long time to get into the match .
25 It took me a long time even to begin to look at what I was going through .
26 It took me a long time to remove the stain .
27 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 .
28 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 .
29 It took me a long time to find .
30 It took me a long time to understand that . ’
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