Example sentences of "have taken [det] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | London has come to be my second home , but it has taken some time to get used to it . |
| 2 | According to purchasing manager Roger DaForno , this excellent relationship has taken some time to build and there 's no doubt that both organizations ' commitment to a process of continuous improvement has helped immensely . |
| 3 | Whereas years ago , it would have taken some time for that come by by which time it was no longer news , and people shrugged their shoulders and say well , |
| 4 | Instead of taking a Gadarene rush at this important matter of the reform of local government finance , the Government should have taken more time . |
| 5 | However quickly he may have acted , the actual taking of the handbag must have taken more time than seems to have been available — since Eddie Stratton and Shirley Brown were seen walking out of The Randolph almost immediately , if the evidence of at least two of you here is to be believed , the evidence of Mr Brown and Mrs Roscoe . |
| 6 | Either arbitration or litigation would have taken more time and cost more money than a successful reference to an expert . |
| 7 | Following graduation , Mujadid returned home to Karachi at the end of October , having taken some time out to visit Spain and Italy for a well earned holiday . |
| 8 | I have n't really had a vacation , this is the first time I 've taken some time off and I barely got here ; just because of the pace of the world , especially last year . |
| 9 | It had taken some time to reach a decision , but eventually they had come across to check their bonds were in place , and then had gone off . |
| 10 | He had taken some time off yesterday morning to take Azor , and incidentally her , for a long walk . |
| 11 | Health units have found that over the past two years nurses have taken more time off sick with qualified nurses taking an average of 14 days off each year . |