Example sentences of "take [pron] a [noun] to find " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ It took me a while to find out he ( Rare Bear ) pulled out because I could n't hear that well on the radio . |
| 2 | He had never visited the prison here before , and it took him a while to find it . |
| 3 | Surprised , it took her a moment to find something to say . |
| 4 | It had taken them a while to find the taxi-driver . |
| 5 | Mark eliminates starter motor , battery , alternator , and ignition coil , and fixes in the end on an obscure switch which isolates the electrics from the gearbox and would have taken me a month to find — but , for the man who can , about three minutes . |