Example sentences of "take [pron] [adv] [adj] [verb] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mostly , they bought on credit because they did not have the cash , or because it would take them too long to save it up . |
| 2 | Did it take him very long to sell it ? |
| 3 | What took me so long to take you off the lowest shelf ( were they trying to hide you ? ) in W H Smith , and take you home ? |
| 4 | painting the kitchen once and I got into so much trouble it took him so long to rub it all off and start again , he made me promise I 'd never touch a paint brush again but he I mean , he would definitely be able to tell you what paint he used and |
| 5 | THE only thing that puzzles me about the Government decision to ban the Northern Irish Protestant terror gang , the UDA , is why it has taken them so long to do it . |