Example sentences of "it took a [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | It took a little time for him to realise that ‘ Bovril ’ was not a local retailer . |
| 2 | In the provinces it took a little time before London fashions were adopted . |
| 3 | It took a little time to find the girl who had been moved and was not in the room that the Sub-lieutenant had told him how to find . |
| 4 | It took a little time , but he drank the lot and went back to sleep . |
| 5 | It took a little time for employers to depersonalize personal computers . |
| 6 | Since he was n't sure of the date , it took a little time , but there was no missing it when he found the right volume . |
| 7 | It took a little time , and without the guidance she would never have found it in a million years . |
| 8 | After leaving the Navy , it took a little time to become used to a normal bed again , as the hammock had proved to be such an ideal sleeping arrangement . |
| 9 | It took a little time , but er , eventually he got it , and now I 'm delighted to say he 's one of the most organised managers on earth . |
| 10 | The Chinese also knew another archaic type of water-clock , a floating bowl with a hole in its base that was adjusted so that it took a specific time to sink . |
| 11 | He 's a fabulous guy and very funny , but it took a long time , and I do n't take credit for it , but it took a long time to put him in a situation where I felt that he was at maximum ‘ comfortableness ’ , so that his shyness — and he was very shy — was overcome . |
| 12 | He 's a fabulous guy and very funny , but it took a long time , and I do n't take credit for it , but it took a long time to put him in a situation where I felt that he was at maximum ‘ comfortableness ’ , so that his shyness — and he was very shy — was overcome . |
| 13 | ‘ The device looks simple , but it took a long time to find companies that could make it , ’ he says . |
| 14 | It took a long time to figure out how his hair goes . |
| 15 | The blaze commenced one lunchtime when few people were in the premises , so there was no loss of life , but it took a long time for the blaze to be brought under control and some days before the firemen were able to be sure that there was no risk of further outbreaks of fire . |
| 16 | It took a long time to bring the fire under control , the local pubs kept open for three days and nights . |
| 17 | The old lady was quite sprightly for her age but it took a long time for them both to reach the top floor . |
| 18 | It took a long time for us to reach an understanding . |
| 19 | Despite hospital treatment , it took a long time for Sheila to recover . |
| 20 | It took a long time to break away from the idea that children were at best potentially evil and indolent , that they were little pitchers that had to be filled with information and moral guidance before they filled themselves with wickedness , idleness , and nonsense . |
| 21 | ‘ It took a long time for me to get my Gold Award because some of the tasks were very difficult , ’ says Fiona of the demanding project that included months of community service , braving the elements on an exploratory camping trip and writing a long and detailed historical thesis ! |
| 22 | Progress was slow and it took a long time to get a handicap , the first being 17 . |
| 23 | ‘ It took a long time for all this to evolve . |
| 24 | Now 43 , she is married with a two-year-old daughter and says it took a long time to settle down to a ‘ normal life ’ . |
| 25 | ‘ It took a long time for me to come to terms with the whole mistletoe thing . |
| 26 | It took a long time , the waiting . ’ |
| 27 | At any rate it took a long time to synthesize . |
| 28 | It took a long time , but she finally got the drunken figure out of the door and closed it firmly behind him . |
| 29 | It took a long time because Louise kept interrupting with questions that Constance could n't answer and which seemed irrelevant beside the tremendous fact that Ludovico was waiting for her and she longed to run to him . |
| 30 | It took a long time for the penny to drop with me about why I was so apparently popular in men 's organizations in the aftermath of so many women deciding to work separately . |