Example sentences of "take me [adv] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And it takes me over an hour to dry him . |
| 2 | These two coppers takes me ter the office an' the geezer who I whacked told 'em it was me what done it . |
| 3 | It takes me quite a while to go through them cos I check every one careful like . |
| 4 | There 's a lot of traffic here and it takes me quite a bit to cross all the roads to get to where I want . |
| 5 | It takes me about a quarter of an hour to walk briskly to work — the maddening thing is that I do not bring so that walking is reduced rather as my feet get tired in the heat , and we have had some really hot and humid days . |
| 6 | Takes me about an hour to get it out of her . |
| 7 | He takes me aside a couple of times and begins in a soft Welsh lilt : ‘ I was thinking , now this might not be a good idea and tell me straight away if you do n't like it … ’ |
| 8 | Erm , it 's a city , this takes me back a few months , since the Southern Ryedale local plan enquiry , the character , special character of a city , is derives from a number of elements , there 's the green wedges which centre on the strays which penetrate into the heart of the built up area , there is the encircling belt of open countryside which links those areas together , there are the numerous settlements within the greenbelt and their relationship to one another , and to the city of York . |
| 9 | I made him take me on a bit farther at the risk of him thinking I lacked the right sexual tactics . |
| 10 | Well can Clay take me up the bingo ? |
| 11 | Like , you know , I saw like , what really , I 'd sat there , I mean like you say , I and I admit that I odds and ends that 'll probably take me about an hour in total |
| 12 | Some years ago , shortly after I took up climbing , a more experienced Geordie acquaintance was taking me up the Barbican on Castle Rock , Thirlmere . |
| 13 | My parents had stayed over in Middlesbrough that night and they were taking me home the next day . |
| 14 | I had murder with [ my GP ] ‘ cos , when I went , I was in a bad way and me mam took me up the doctor 's and he just said : ‘ I wo n't give you methadone . |
| 15 | He immediately took me up the tower , and — stepping out onto the balcony — I saw Oxford for the first time . |
| 16 | From when I was very young , my father had nurtured a love of art in me ; I shared a great deal with him ( he took me nearly every Sunday to the Louvre ) and was close to him until his death . |
| 17 | One set of doors led through to where a sign marked ‘ The Studio ’ took me down a flight of stairs to the basement beneath , the cosiness and warmth of which was a welcomed contrast to the watery excesses above . |
| 18 | When I moved to secondary school , the PE master used to encourage me in my running and , when he saw I had some potential , he took me down the North London AC and made me a member there so I could train a couple of times a week . |
| 19 | Well I got trapped under er under one of the er rocks that f fell down and then managed to get that off me leg and went to give assistance to er the machine-man , the man on the machine which er trapped as well and er realized then that me leg had me leg was broken so took me down the end of the road and managed to get the stone off the lad and the machine and you got carried in to hospital . |
| 20 | It took me only a few weeks to realise that the medical world would never come to grips with polio until it could isolate the virus which caused it . |
| 21 | Once I had learnt to ride , the trick of balancing took me quite a while , that bike , over the next four years gave me enormous pleasure . |
| 22 | Of course I called her Mum , but it took me quite a little while to accept her as my mother . |
| 23 | It took me quite a while to rebuild my confidence . |
| 24 | It took me quite a few years to realize that my timing was terrible — the repercussions of being born then were enormous . |
| 25 | It took me quite a long time to get over it . |
| 26 | And I can remember one of my first patients I had to take blood from , and it took me quite a few goes on that poor lady but she 's still friends with me so she 's forgiven me . |
| 27 | To tell the truth , it took me quite a while to realize that the pitiable chirruping I heard all about me was , in fact , human speech . |
| 28 | It took me quite a long time . |
| 29 | It took me quite a while to convince him that my being with you was because I was trying to persuade you to — ’ |
| 30 | Chairman , if they are recorded all later , it took me quite a long time to discover them , could we have , abbreviations just written out , it makes it very difficult for me to , I 'm not used , I mean , I 'm |