Example sentences of "it [verb] [not/n't] take [pers pn] " in BNC.

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1 I hope it do n't take me too long to get home — I could do with summat to eat .
2 Well it do n't take him long does it ?
3 Apparently it did not take her long to provide services for both husband and wife .
4 It did not take her long to work out that the meal was going to cost her considerably more than she 'd saved by spending a rather miserable night in rue Roland .
5 It did not take me long to realize that this was the man I had needed so badly . ’
6 It did not take me long to wish that we Christians might have a similar preparation for confirmation and acceptance as a full worshipping and working member of the Church .
7 It did not take me long because the big grin with which Yorkshire 's finest snooker player greeted me told its own story .
8 It did not take them very long to get the hang of it , scraping carefully with the blade at an angle of forty-five degrees and pausing from time to time in order to wipe it clean .
9 It did not take them long to inform us that we had arrived with their traditional enemies , the Bugis .
10 It did not take them long to make their minds up : mobility , Jessica said , was the nicest thing she knew about being well-off .
11 As a free man in a growing country , it did not take him long to see the potential .
12 It did not take him long .
13 But it did not take him long to sort out what was wrong with it .
14 It did not take him very long to decide in favour of the second course .
15 It did n't take her long to regret taking part .
16 It did n't take her long to dress , freshen her make-up and add touches of silver jewellery on ears , neck and wrists , and it was quite a bit less than Tom 's stipulated twenty minutes later when she approached the veranda again .
17 It did n't take her long to pack the few clothes she would need , even though her mind was far away in the past .
18 It did n't take her long to decide she had precisely two choices — well , one , really , because even though it was n't cold it would look wrong to go out in thin cotton to the sort of party he was talking about .
19 It did n't take her long to realise that he could n't really be spending much time here .
20 It did n't take her long to change into her jade swimsuit and moments later she walked on to the poolside .
21 It did n't take them long to reach Kenilworth .
22 It did n't take me long . ’
23 But it did n't take me long When you 're finished , tell me what you think my profit was for the day .
24 It did n't take me long to realise it was very different from the kind of journalism I 'd been used to .
25 Besides , it did n't take me long to figure out I was wrong . ’
26 It did n't take me long to find out otherwise .
27 It did n't take me long to realise I 'd fallen in love with love rather than with Dave . ’
28 It did n't take him long to master the basics of what British Steel was all about and he has been just as versatile in acquiring an understanding of a diverse range of other businesses , from computers and oil drilling to knitwear machines .
29 ‘ You see , it did n't take him long to find the riff-raff , ’ Moran said .
30 It did n't take him long to realize that one less headache was getting rid of me .
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