Example sentences of "have take me [adj] " in BNC.

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1 ‘ It has taken me all this time to get to the position where I can call people up on the phone go out to dinner or to the cinema .
2 ‘ Do you realize , it has taken me two whole years to get you out here ? ’
3 It has taken me twelve years to be as sure as I am now , and it might take a few more to be absolutely sure .
4 It has taken me fifty lifts to reach Pinjarra ; a name on the map you do not notice until fate holds you there .
5 This has taken me four years and I reckon the Atlantic 's the one to go for.I 'm sure it 's not that difficult .
6 It has taken me 30 years to come to terms with my own guilt , which I now know to be unjustified , and with my anger .
7 So it has taken me 60 years to finish the book I began in 1933 .
8 It has taken me seven years to find the right school for my son .
9 Q I have layered , shoulder-length permed hair and it has taken me some time to grow it to this length .
10 Doris cuddled me on the way to the door but she must have let go for an instant ( perhaps I goosed her too eagerly ) because I went off on a run that would have taken me all the way downtown — further , to the Village , to Martina Twain — if the dessert trolley had n't been there to check my sprint .
11 ‘ I mean that it might have taken me some time to see through your ‘ innocent abroad ’ act .
12 It had taken me fifteen minutes .
13 ‘ It 's taken me four years to get to the point where I can admit this , but I still want you , Jessamy .
14 It 's taken me four years to get to the point where I can live without you , start to look forward to the future , and you 're not going to take that away from me .
15 ‘ It 's taken me 10 years to grow them this long so I do n't like hiding them completely under a hat . ’
16 Listen : it 's taken me two years to get this thing done .
17 I 've eventually got there — but it 's taken me all these years , ’ she says .
18 It 's taken me 24 years to go solo .
19 It 's taken me 6 years .
20 If you think like that , you 'll conquer the world , but it 's taken me ten years to discover it . ’
21 It 's taken me twenty years to catch up .
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