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 . |