Example sentences of "it have take i " in BNC.
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| 1 | Dear Harsnet , he wrote , it has taken me longer than I had at first anticipated to work my way through the manuscript you . |
| 2 | ‘ 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 . |
| 3 | It has taken me quite a while to be able to do that . |
| 4 | That 's why it has taken me a long time to say ‘ I do work hard , so I need people to do this kind of stuff ’ . ’ |
| 5 | It has taken me a lifetime to learn that lesson . |
| 6 | It has taken me a while to be successful and I 've had a good time in arriving . |
| 7 | It has taken me fifty lifts to reach Pinjarra ; a name on the map you do not notice until fate holds you there . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | One problem of the past year has been the length of time it has taken me to accept that I need to work in the bookshop most of the time even though I know this work has to be done and though I enjoy it ( most of the time ) . |
| 10 | I 'm a slow learner and it has taken me a long time to get there . |
| 11 | Q I have layered , shoulder-length permed hair and it has taken me some time to grow it to this length . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | Indeed , it has taken me more than three years to cast off my British cynicism and truly comprehend the value of freedom in America . |
| 14 | ‘ Do you realize , it has taken me two whole years to get you out here ? ’ |
| 15 | So it has taken me 60 years to finish the book I began in 1933 . |
| 16 | " It has taken me a long time to get here , " said the jubilant Mancunian as he left the press centre to start his celebrations . |
| 17 | It has taken me seven years to find the right school for my son . |
| 18 | Well he c it took him all morning , how long would it have taken me ? |
| 19 | It had taken me fifteen minutes . |
| 20 | ‘ Of course , it 's taken me years to get where I am . |
| 21 | ‘ It 's taken me 10 years to grow them this long so I do n't like hiding them completely under a hat . ’ |
| 22 | ‘ Well , Wales has its Max Boyces , Tom Jones , Shirley Basseys and Shakin' Stevens , but there are n't many singers who actually sing about the country , and the funny thing is that it 's taken me about thirty years to start writing about where I was brought up . |
| 23 | I 've eventually got there — but it 's taken me all these years , ’ she says . |
| 24 | ‘ It 's taken me so long to get ‘ Gunnell ’ up there on the giant Olympic scoreboard , I think I 'm going to carry on being called that for athletics purposes . ’ |
| 25 | It 's taken me about a year to realize that the things I put down do n't actually disappear of their own accord . |
| 26 | It 's taken me so long to write about just two years . |
| 27 | Very good they are too : it 's taken me a whole month to stop laughing ! |
| 28 | Listen : it 's taken me two years to get this thing done . |
| 29 | It 's taken me long enough god knows but |
| 30 | It 's taken me months of physio to learn to walk properly again , and I 'm very grateful to all the people who helped me . |