Example sentences of "it have taken [pron] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | That 's why it has taken me a long time to say ‘ I do work hard , so I need people to do this kind of stuff ’ . ’ |
| 2 | It has taken me a lifetime to learn that lesson . |
| 3 | It has taken me a while to be successful and I 've had a good time in arriving . |
| 4 | I 'm a slow learner and it has taken me a long time to get there . |
| 5 | " It has taken me a long time to get here , " said the jubilant Mancunian as he left the press centre to start his celebrations . |
| 6 | It had taken her a long time to get over that . |
| 7 | It had taken them a while to find the taxi-driver . |
| 8 | He made me a desk with a roll-top and secret drawers and a matching leather stool ; a huge Tudor doll 's house with leaded windows and roses round the door , filled with hand-carved furniture ; a bow-windowed shop with a sign saying ‘ Lynne 's Store ’ and shelves stocked with dozens of tiny tins of Heinz products — it had taken him a year to cut out all the miniature Heinz logos from magazine adverts , which he had stuck to one-inch lengths of silver-painted dowelling . |
| 9 | It had taken him a long time to adjust himself to this , but now it no longer irritated him , and he felt only pity for his wife . |
| 10 | Ken Stevens loved both his girls and Rachel knew it had taken him a long time to come to terms with Jennifer 's illness ; she doubted he would ever forgive David Markham for walking out on her at such a crucial time . |
| 11 | Very good they are too : it 's taken me a whole month to stop laughing ! |
| 12 | Well it 's taken me a long time to even be able to give affection . |
| 13 | ‘ The Doctor just was n't at his best when St Jovite murdered him in Ireland and it 's taken him a while to get over that . |