Example sentences of "took [art] [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Chinese also knew another archaic type of water-clock , a floating bowl with a hole in its base that was adjusted so that it took a specific time to sink . |
| 2 | She took a long time to dress . |
| 3 | And they took a long time making it . |
| 4 | And they took a long time serving it . |
| 5 | Tromsø was huddled and silent below and he took a long time over his last look . |
| 6 | The unpacking of the car and the packing and preparing of sledges took a long time . |
| 7 | The four-cylinder engine was more reliable in 1957 , but BRM took a long time to realise that the P25 's air strut suspension — carried over from the V16 — was the cause of its savage oversteer . |
| 8 | All fairly straightforward though the coded letter we recovered from his baggage took a long time to crack , while his shaving kit will never be the same again after each piece was stripped to its component parts by one participant . |
| 9 | He 's a fabulous guy and very funny , but it took a long time , and I do n't take credit for it , but it took a long time to put him in a situation where I felt that he was at maximum ‘ comfortableness ’ , so that his shyness — and he was very shy — was overcome . |
| 10 | He 's a fabulous guy and very funny , but it took a long time , and I do n't take credit for it , but it took a long time to put him in a situation where I felt that he was at maximum ‘ comfortableness ’ , so that his shyness — and he was very shy — was overcome . |
| 11 | All the artistes were in England , but the staff were in New York , and to get money and to get certain things that we needed to do took a long time . |
| 12 | Richards won the toss and took a long time to decide to bat ; when he did so Dilley bowled superbly , and five wickets went down for just 54 . |
| 13 | There was a lot to look at , so she took a long time coming back after school , stopping to watch the men mending holes in the roads , to watch the demolition team with their mighty metal ball swinging on its chain from the crane clearing the bomb-site , to watch carpenters erecting wooden hoardings around the cleared sites to keep the people out , to see bill-stickers on ladders pasting huge coloured pictures on to the hoardings . |
| 14 | She was always rushing off to the Housing Applicant Office and the interviews took a long time . |
| 15 | The small block of semi-refined sugar , like cement , took a long time to dissolve . |
| 16 | Those seven miles took a long time , but we worked a few things out . |
| 17 | ‘ The device looks simple , but it took a long time to find companies that could make it , ’ he says . |
| 18 | It took a long time to figure out how his hair goes . |
| 19 | The blaze commenced one lunchtime when few people were in the premises , so there was no loss of life , but it took a long time for the blaze to be brought under control and some days before the firemen were able to be sure that there was no risk of further outbreaks of fire . |
| 20 | It took a long time to bring the fire under control , the local pubs kept open for three days and nights . |
| 21 | The sinews of political and economic integration required to enable the expanded raising of resources by the Crown took a long time to create . |
| 22 | The old lady was quite sprightly for her age but it took a long time for them both to reach the top floor . |
| 23 | It took a long time for us to reach an understanding . |
| 24 | It seemed to Lefevre that the splash took a long time in coming . |
| 25 | The College in Coleman 's reign took a long time to recover from the difficulties of its early days . |
| 26 | Despite hospital treatment , it took a long time for Sheila to recover . |
| 27 | It took a long time to break away from the idea that children were at best potentially evil and indolent , that they were little pitchers that had to be filled with information and moral guidance before they filled themselves with wickedness , idleness , and nonsense . |
| 28 | The engine box had a centre ‘ handle ’ and Ian took a long time sighting his chimney by this . |
| 29 | ‘ It took a long time for me to get my Gold Award because some of the tasks were very difficult , ’ says Fiona of the demanding project that included months of community service , braving the elements on an exploratory camping trip and writing a long and detailed historical thesis ! |
| 30 | The gizzard-stone treatment meant that food took a long time to digest . |