Example sentences of "it [vb past] take [pers pn] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It had taken her all this time to put her life back together , and now it looked as if it might be turned completely upside down again , and all because of Julius ! |
| 2 | She felt her contribution to the discussion had been negligible ; it had taken her all her patience just to keep her temper . |
| 3 | On a week 's package holiday at the time , the first break she had been able to afford since leaving drama school , it had taken her all of five minutes to make up her mind to stay . |
| 4 | Petiver also bequeathed his own collection to Sloane and it had taken him many years to bring all this material into an orderly array . |
| 5 | Why it had taken him all day to travel thirty odd miles was not explained . |
| 6 | It had taken him half an hour to get his hands and nails clean , using white spirit and a nailbrush as well as soap and water . |
| 7 | Mungo had been so unnerved by the feather and the peculiar note that it had taken him several moments to decide on the next move ; not the next major move in his life , but literally the act of moving an arm or a leg . |