Example sentences of "take [pron] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I am so angry it takes me a long time to find the words . |
| 2 | got a lot of cards and it takes me a long time to do it |
| 3 | meant to be moving onto the tenth and eleventh floor it only takes them a short time to save time on that or , or cut down on your labour as usual . |
| 4 | Yes , I was just going to say you can do that with , like if you go , it takes you a long time to do it with prospects , they know you over the years , so you can just walk in . |
| 5 | It takes you a long while to realise what a twit you 've been for so long . |
| 6 | This stress on the interdependence of social phenomena , though it may be circular and is not exhaustive , takes us a long way in understanding the basic dynamics of community life . |
| 7 | Much of the work evaluated in this chapter takes us a long way towards identifying mechanisms for triggering the need for investment , screening the proposals and defining them . |
| 8 | It may take them a little while , but it is important that you contact them to make a housing application and let them know of your needs . |
| 9 | ‘ I think it will take them a little while to catch up again . |
| 10 | It will take me a long time to correct & copy , though : when I have done so , of course you shall have it . |
| 11 | ‘ It will take me a long time to define what I mean . |
| 12 | So I could go on at great length , colleagues , to tell you that he 's on this committee and that committee well er and that would take me a good half hour because he 's , he 's on , he 's involved in everything in everything in the Party in the union erm , and his commitment is absolutely second to none . |
| 13 | And she would take ye a wee walk round the cemetery , and I can remember pinchin' rhododendrons comin' out the gate . ’ |
| 14 | In Nottingham city centre though the Royal Hotel car park that 's fairly busy and there are still queues at both entrances of the Victoria Centre and it will take you a good few minutes if you want to get yourself parked in Trinity Square car park they 're still operating on a one out one in basis so obviously better to avoid that one if you want to get yourself parked up you can avoid those queues there 's plenty of room at the Stoney Street car park that 's in the Market there 's always the Fletchergate car park St James Street you 'll find that next to the Albany Hotel or you could er make your way to the Broadmoor Centre you wo n't have to queue to get in there . |
| 15 | How long did it take to establish that did it take you a long time to ? |
| 16 | Well Charlotte it 's not easy , it 's gon na take you a long time , but then so |
| 17 | It would take him a long time then would n't it ? |
| 18 | That should take him a long time to . |
| 19 | You could take her a small gift … ’ |
| 20 | It would take her a long while to learn to become one of them . |
| 21 | But well you know , it seems , that one such attempt has been ruined and rejected by the council , and it may take us a weary while to find a fair agreement and a council sobered enough and sensible enough to abide by it . |
| 22 | If we really fell in love and then never saw one another again , it would take us a long time to get over it and forget . |
| 23 | That 'll be one read , but we 'd have to read it to you and it 'll take us a long time ! |
| 24 | Erm that 's the plan of course it it will take us a long time to find something suitable . |
| 25 | Erm and it 'll take us a little bit of touch actually now the computer evaluated . |
| 26 | Well perhaps because they were more idealist and that now they 're becoming more realist but they 're still erm I mean they 're learning from their past mistakes and they 've seen that right so we have to have a moderate policy which is gon na take us a little bit further towards socialism . |
| 27 | There 's no panacea ; er it will take us a little while to get our programmes in place and to get them producing results . |
| 28 | I 'm sorry , it 's taking me a long time cos I do n't know what to do . |
| 29 | ‘ That lumbar puncture seems to be taking them a long time . ’ |
| 30 | It took me a long time to accept the fact that now I should not be killed — that I should be one of the survivors . |