Example sentences of "it took me three [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ It took me three attempts to land the fish but eventually I managed to bring it in to the bank and my mate Paul scooped the net under it . |
| 2 | THERE IS nothing particularly difficult about Creag Meagaidh , unless it comes up in a spelling test , yet it took me three attempts to get to the top of the damned thing . |
| 3 | Ronnie Wood came over once and it took me three months to clean up the mess . |
| 4 | I remember when my husband was alive and we had a Sardinian couple with some unpronounceable name and it took me three months to teach her to make tea properly . |
| 5 | It took me three months to lose the weight , but I felt so well on the programme and was never hungry . |
| 6 | It took me three days to decide that our life together was impossible . |
| 7 | We were late in introducing this concept : it took me three years of persuasion for politicians to accept the idea . |
| 8 | ‘ I first met Julie when I walked into her gallery but it took me three years to walk out with her as my wife , ’ he says . |