Example sentences of "take i [adj] [noun] get " in BNC.
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| 1 | Erm the old on that you know , took me two years to get the bearings approved and er you know but then having to wait a year and a half cos had a year and a half 's worth of orders on 'em and promised to hold the price for three years is that 's what it took for them to use them up , er has run out , new orders have been put on but I 've got the chance of taking the business . |
| 2 | Erm being more serious , erm Marple is n't very far away and it only took me thirty minutes to get from my house in Marple to here , tonight , and although some of the constituency 's further away than this and that is actually one of the main considerations , and we 're local . |
| 3 | THERE IS nothing particularly difficult about Creag Meagaidh , unless it comes up in a spelling test , yet it took me three attempts to get to the top of the damned thing . |
| 4 | ‘ It 's taken me four years to get to the point where I can admit this , but I still want you , Jessamy . |
| 5 | It 's taken me four years to get to the point where I can live without you , start to look forward to the future , and you 're not going to take that away from me . |
| 6 | Listen : it 's taken me two years to get this thing done . |
| 7 | take me twelve months to get back on me blooming feet . |
| 8 | ‘ I can see that it 's going to take me some time to get an answer from the hospital , and I have yet to sort out this business of the air-conditioning . |