Example sentences of "take [pron] [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is therefore not unusual for junior nurses to feel that it takes them some time to " settle in " on a surgical ward . |
| 2 | Now jest takes yer own time . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ It always takes her some time to get ready She 'll be along later . ’ |
| 4 | She 's engaging brain it takes her some time to come out to the phone instruct the whole thing . |
| 5 | Make sure he takes it three times a day . |
| 6 | But with any luck it will take them some time to realise that we know how to play it better than they do . ’ |
| 7 | It might take them some time to find out about Laura , because the interesting part of the story took place some years earlier . |
| 8 | ‘ In real life it would take them some time to get this boat ready to go to sea . |
| 9 | They 'd have to walk the road in both directions , and it would take them some time . |
| 10 | ‘ Of course , it would take me some time to put my hands on that amount of money . |
| 11 | The important thing was to let them take their own time , and not frighten them away . |
| 12 | Oh I 'll take you some time then , I love it . |
| 13 | ‘ I could take you any time I wanted , Shannon , ’ he said in a soft voice that sent a shiver down her spine . |
| 14 | Although Aith lifeboat had been launched it would take her some time to reach the island , so Mr Williamson spoke by radio to four fishing vessels at the scene . |
| 15 | This may take her some time to really believe ( probably not until she 's around three ) , but eventually it 'll give her a healthier respect for the pain of others . |
| 16 | It will take her some time |
| 17 | ‘ Seems they intend to , but it 'll take 'em some time . |
| 18 | Do you take it four times a day or |
| 19 | But at least two years because it would take us that time to furnish the house . |
| 20 | Crikey that did n't take us any time at all . |
| 21 | it took me five times |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | That 's only half the time it took me last time . |
| 28 | When I first acquired a cube , Conway and Roger Penrose , from Oxford University , had already solved theirs and remarked that it took them some time to realise the power of conjugation . |
| 29 | This group has long been noted for its breadth of vision but nevertheless it took them some time to realise the unique advantages of the photosynthetic ‘ mechanisms ’ in plants and thereby to derive what may be an original approach to the problem . |
| 30 | I took her three times within the two hours spent in that passage . |