Example sentences of "it took me [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | it took me five times |
| 2 | That 's only half the time it took me last time . |
| 3 | When I tried to lead her indoors she became indignant , shaking me off , ‘ Do you call yourself my niece , trying to get me into a burning house ! ’ and it took me some time to persuade her that all was well . |
| 4 | It took me some time to work this out , for I still had such sympathy for Charlie that I could n't look at him coolly . |
| 5 | It took me some time to put the fantastic story of the Gauguin inheritance behind me — not out of my mind , but to the back of it , not only because I wondered if they might deteriorate , but also at the bizarre irony of a family sitting on a fortune which they refused to touch . |
| 6 | It took me some time — weeks — to discover that he was poor and wore clothes handed on by a negligently competent brother-in-law in the soft drinks business . |
| 7 | I was caught in a group near the door and it took me some time to realise that I ought to be looking at the pictures , since that was why we were there . |