Example sentences of "it [verb] him [adj] time [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It took him some time to arrive , only tentatively at first , at the conclusion that the hard , rectangular shape of the dining table could have played some part . |
| 2 | It took him some time to sleep . |
| 3 | It took him some time to convince them , apparently . ’ |
| 4 | It gave him ample time to check the house . |
| 5 | No doubt it gave him more time to enjoy his new pride and joy , a Harley Davidson , classic Hells Angels style motorcycle . |
| 6 | It gave him more time to devote to music and allowed him to pour his suffocating feelings of negativity into songs . |
| 7 | It gave him little time to think of his own problems . |