Example sentences of "[adv] it [vb -s] [verb] i " in BNC.
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| 1 | I ca n't believe how long it 's taken me to get in touch with you . |
| 2 | Do you have any idea how long it 's taken me to find you in this God-forsaken place ? |
| 3 | So it has taken me 60 years to finish the book I began in 1933 . |
| 4 | One of the girls at work , her brother does them , er so it 's got me out of it |
| 5 | I 've become more open , and I think in away it has made me grow up . |
| 6 | ‘ And now it 's happened I ca n't believe it . |
| 7 | Well it 's taken me a long time to even be able to give affection . |
| 8 | ‘ Sometimes it does get me down , but I get over that and then it is off to the next place . ’ |
| 9 | Ever since then it keeps stabbing me — this feeling I got ta smash something , that I ca n't just do nothing , drumming my fingers while others make the game . |
| 10 | That side of tape 's nearly gone , a few more minutes and then it 's finished I think . |
| 11 | And look where it 's got me . |
| 12 | I , I have a quandary here cos I 'm not quite sure whether I should be asking a question or proposing something against the deliverance but I have attended and er listened to a number of debates arising out of this matter of er the baptism of children and time and again it 's struck me that it starts off about baptism but it turns out to be a discussion about the parents . |
| 13 | That 's why it has taken me a long time to say ‘ I do work hard , so I need people to do this kind of stuff ’ . ’ |
| 14 | That 's why it 's taken me so long , I think . |