Example sentences of "take [art] [det] time [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I imagine they walked in silence for some way after that ; putting a new idea into someone 's imagination , even if that imagination belongs to the cleverest young Fellow of the very grandest college , is like turning on the television — it takes a little time for the set to warm up . |
| 2 | It takes a little time to sec that you 're not moving forward any more , either because you do n't know how or because there is n't anywhere to move forward to . |
| 3 | It will take a little time for me to forget the hurt and the disappointment … |
| 4 | I therefore put it to him that he has really now er a definite choice , he can seek to resist most of these amendments and I have n't a slightest doubt they 'll be put into the Bill er the Bill will be drastically altered thereby er and when it goes back to another place nobody quite knows er wh what will happen to it , or he can use his very considerable powers of conciliation er by taking a little time for further consideration . |
| 5 | Dorothy had a lot of shopping to do and my daughter took a little time off school to take us around . ‘ |
| 6 | It took a little time for him to realise that ‘ Bovril ’ was not a local retailer . |
| 7 | It took a little time for employers to depersonalize personal computers . |
| 8 | This took a little time during which I pondered uneasily on the possibility , however remote , of having to recognize the existence of additional progeny , and all that it would entail . |