Sentence examples for takes a while to work from inspiring English sources

It takes a while to work that out - and you see people struggle with it.

She enunciates the word "gone" so poshly that it takes a while to work out what she's saying.

These groupings appear to be arbitrary and, thanks to the way they're painted (overlapping, and in such dazzling hues), it takes a while to work out what makes up each one.

I am so surprised to end up having a conversation about South Africa that it takes a while to work out the Long Fellow has neatly shifted us on to a different track.

With the cast on stage all the time – as in Puccini's Gianni Schicchi, to which it feels distantly related – it takes a while to work out exactly which character is which and who is singing when.

Ms. Grappell's film takes a while to work its way around to the coup but doesn't use that time very effectively, failing to establish the personalities of the various actors or the general mood in Ukraine.

It took a while to work out why.

It took a while to work its magic.

"It could take a while to work through this situation.

"It will take a while to work through these issues".

Well, it's not hard to see why it would take a while to work that one out.