Example sentences of "take [pers pn] long " in BNC.
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| 1 | It did not take them long to inform us that we had arrived with their traditional enemies , the Bugis . |
| 2 | If their attackers were in any strength it would not take them long to get through . |
| 3 | It did n't take them long to reach Kenilworth . |
| 4 | It did not take them long to make their minds up : mobility , Jessica said , was the nicest thing she knew about being well-off . |
| 5 | It does n't take them long at all to get in the outskirts of London , it 's weaving your way |
| 6 | That did n't take them long did it ? |
| 7 | It wo n't take them long . |
| 8 | It did not take me long to realize that this was the man I had needed so badly . ’ |
| 9 | ‘ It did n't take me long . ’ |
| 10 | It did not take me long to wish that we Christians might have a similar preparation for confirmation and acceptance as a full worshipping and working member of the Church . |
| 11 | But it did n't take me long When you 're finished , tell me what you think my profit was for the day . |
| 12 | It did n't take me long to realise it was very different from the kind of journalism I 'd been used to . |
| 13 | I do n't wear a lot of make-up or anything like that so it does n't take me long — probably about 10 minutes or so . |
| 14 | Besides , it did n't take me long to figure out I was wrong . ’ |
| 15 | It did n't take me long to find out otherwise . |
| 16 | It did not take me long because the big grin with which Yorkshire 's finest snooker player greeted me told its own story . |
| 17 | ‘ It should n't take me long . ’ |
| 18 | It did n't take me long to realise I 'd fallen in love with love rather than with Dave . ’ |
| 19 | Wo n't take me long once I get going its just the getting going bit busy day tomorrow have n't we ? |
| 20 | ‘ That did n't take you long , ’ Hawkins said . |
| 21 | It wo n't take you long . |
| 22 | ‘ That wo n't take you long , surely ? |
| 23 | It did n't take you long , did it ? |
| 24 | ‘ It should n't take you long , ’ said Ken . |
| 25 | It did n't take him long to master the basics of what British Steel was all about and he has been just as versatile in acquiring an understanding of a diverse range of other businesses , from computers and oil drilling to knitwear machines . |
| 26 | ‘ You see , it did n't take him long to find the riff-raff , ’ Moran said . |
| 27 | It did n't take him long to realize that one less headache was getting rid of me . |
| 28 | As a free man in a growing country , it did not take him long to see the potential . |
| 29 | It did n't take him long , and all she wanted were her books and all the time the mother was crying and rocking backwards and forwards and the old father was ranting on in Yiddish . |
| 30 | ‘ That wo n't take him long . |