Example sentences of "took [pron] a [noun] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The window was completely boarded up , it took me a while to do that . |
| 2 | It took me a while to take in what was going on , of course . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | ‘ 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | It took me a while to believe those three things utterly and another while to risk acting on the belief . |
| 7 | I knew I made a mistake , marrying young , but it took me a while to work out what was wrong . |
| 8 | It took me a while to work out that it was now Saturday . |
| 9 | 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 ! |
| 10 | ‘ We saw each other around quite a lot but it took me a while to warm up . |
| 11 | ‘ It took me a while to find out he ( Rare Bear ) pulled out because I could n't hear that well on the radio . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | It took me a moment to realise he was talking to me . |
| 14 | It took me a moment to work out what was going on . |
| 15 | It took me a week to recover , and it was one of the best weeks of my life . |
| 16 | It took me a week to get myself together again , and by the time you got back from leave I 'd left Johannesburg because there were n't any jobs for me there . |
| 17 | She took , she took them a walk to see the flowers in the garden and |
| 18 | The voice at the other end was plainly over-excited and it took him a minute to disentangle what he was being told . |
| 19 | Two more of the nave lights had been switched on but the church was still dim compared with the harsh glare of the arc lights trained on the scene and it took him a minute to locate Father Barnes , a dark shape at the end of the first row of chairs under the pulpit . |
| 20 | He had never visited the prison here before , and it took him a while to find it . |
| 21 | Took him a while to calm down . |
| 22 | But now yeah it took him a while to calm down but he 's a very nice fellow now , very nice chap . |
| 23 | I think the death of David 's father was probably what took him a while to make the decision about leaving Ken , because to lose his father , who he really adored , who had always been a pillar of strength to him , changed his life , and I think David carried a bitterness about him dying for a long time . |
| 24 | It took him a second to work out what it was , that it was the sheep galloping . |
| 25 | It took him a moment to realize what she meant . |
| 26 | The Adjudicator was pale , and it took him a moment to formulate a reply . |
| 27 | It took him a moment to work out what was going on . |
| 28 | By the end of the race he had lost nearly two stone from a frame that has no spare fat , and it took him a week to start eating properly again and a further three weeks to regain the lost weight . |
| 29 | I bet it took him a week to think that one up . |
| 30 | Her head throbbed and there were stupid tears in her eyes ; so it took her a while to realize that it was the shell Adam had given her . |