Example sentences of "took [pers pn] a [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 I took me a while to cotton on .
2 ‘ It took me a while to realise that of course I am not really opening a window : something is zooming forward and appearing out of nothing .
3 It took me a while to believe those three things utterly and another while to risk acting on the belief .
4 I knew I made a mistake , marrying young , but it took me a while to work out what was wrong .
5 ‘ It took me a while to find out he ( Rare Bear ) pulled out because I could n't hear that well on the radio .
6 ‘ We saw each other around quite a lot but it took me a while to warm up .
7 This seemed to relate closely to my problems , but I have to admit it took me a while to pluck up the courage to do that deadly and dangerous deed ( that everyone tells you never to do ) to my machine !
8 Electronic Mail ( E-mail ) is probably the least easy to configure under Mainlan , and indeed it took me a while to sort out exactly what was required to get a sensible system running .
9 The window was completely boarded up , it took me a while to do that .
10 It took me a while to take in what was going on , of course .
11 It took me a while to work out that it was now Saturday .
12 It then took me a while to realise the significance of it , but at last I remembered it had been around Dora Belle 's neck , the person who murdered Perk and she must have placed it in Perk 's hand when she buried her .
13 Oh , yes , it took me a bit of time to recognise you , but I got there in the end .
14 Coming home it took me a bit longer cos it was all that delay at the hill .
15 Nothing major and it took me a minute or two before I could make out what it was .
16 It took me a couple of seconds to realize she was laughing .
17 It took me a devil of a time to find it I can tell you .
18 It took me a month to pass the first aid , anti-gas and light rescue tests , and then I was allocated to the Rivermead Court post .
19 It took me a lot more years , and even more boyfriends , to cotton on , by which time most of the occupants of the back rows had been married to each other for years and were on their second spin dryer .
20 took me a lot of years before I could and I was so pleased when once I was able to say to you I 've Ben had been in the shop and we 'd had a chat had n't we ?
21 It took me a moment to work out what was going on .
22 It took me a moment to realise he was talking to me .
23 ‘ It took me a hell of a long time to get everyone to go , ’ Faye 's husband said explosively as he strode into the room .
24 It took me a week to get myself together again , and by the time you got back from leave I 'd left Johannesburg because there were n't any jobs for me there .
25 It took me a week to recover , and it was one of the best weeks of my life .
26 After he left it occurred to me that Harrington and Lewis might also find my effort useful , so I took them a copy .
27 She took , she took them a walk to see the flowers in the garden and
28 ‘ I even took them a doctor 's note about Jamie 's illness .
29 Took you a while though .
30 The voice at the other end was plainly over-excited and it took him a minute to disentangle what he was being told .
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