Example sentences of "take them [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 | But with any luck it will take them some time to realise that we know how to play it better than they do . ’ |
| 3 | It might take them some time to find out about Laura , because the interesting part of the story took place some years earlier . |
| 4 | ‘ In real life it would take them some time to get this boat ready to go to sea . |
| 5 | They 'd have to walk the road in both directions , and it would take them some time . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | It was unthinkable , of course , to take them this time , but it was a wrench leaving them behind with Polly . |