Example sentences of "take you [adv] [adj] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I mean you 've got , it takes you so long to place things and |
| 2 | What we 're trying to say is that : if you can get your head round this week 's Prize X-Word , it 'll probably take you so long to finish that al you 're friends will have married and moved away by the time you 've finished it . |
| 3 | What we 're trying to say is that : if you can get your head round this week 's Prize X-Word , it 'll probably take you so long to finish that al you 're friends will have married and moved away by the time you 've finished it . |
| 4 | Ca n't think what took you so long to get around to it , old chap , ’ Aubrey said . |
| 5 | ‘ When it took you so long to get here , I thought you must have gone on up to his place with him , but I suppose Nicky Kai is still in residence . |
| 6 | They say , ah well , we followed you for a tenth of a mile , right , and it took you so long to cover that . |
| 7 | It 's taken you too long to come to terms with Mark 's death — Anne told me a little of how it 's been with you , the way you 've fought the grief and sorrow . ’ |