Example sentences of "it take us some time " in BNC.
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1 | One official said : ‘ It took us some time to explain away the opening ceremony episode . |
2 | ‘ It took us some time to trace Mr Maxwell since his business interests take him all over the States . |
3 | It took us some time to get to Kitumbeine and the district officer had knocked off . |
4 | It took us some time to reach the conclusion that this was ineffectual , for the class teachers , in copying the professional development teacher , had failed to adapt their teaching to the new context , creating a rather sterile repetition of the initial lesson … |
5 | These have now been cleaned up , but it took us some time to cope with this disgraceful state of affairs … the condition of these children , and the behaviour of many of the mothers , has completely dissipated the goodwill and welcome accorded to them by the Welsh people , whose hospitality is proverbial . |