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 But with any luck it will take them some time to realise that we know how to play it better than they do . ’
6 It might take them some time to find out about Laura , because the interesting part of the story took place some years earlier .
7 ‘ In real life it would take them some time to get this boat ready to go to sea .
8 They 'd have to walk the road in both directions , and it would take them some time .
9 ‘ Of course , it would take me some time to put my hands on that amount of money .
10 The important thing was to let them take their own time , and not frighten them away .
11 Oh I 'll take you some time then , I love it .
12 ‘ I could take you any time I wanted , Shannon , ’ he said in a soft voice that sent a shiver down her spine .
13 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 .
14 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 .
15 It will take her some time
16 ‘ Seems they intend to , but it 'll take 'em some time .
17 But at least two years because it would take us that time to furnish the house .
18 Crikey that did n't take us any time at all .
19 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 .
20 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 .
21 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 .
22 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 .
23 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 .
24 That 's only half the time it took me last time .
25 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 .
26 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 .
27 Agnes took her own time deciding to answer .
28 It took him some time to convince them , apparently . ’
29 It took him some time to arrive , only tentatively at first , at the conclusion that the hard , rectangular shape of the dining table could have played some part .
30 It took him some time to sleep .
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