Sentence examples for took a while to take from inspiring English sources

The Beethoven took a while to take flight: the Scherzo churned along without rhythmic punch, the Adagio meandered.

"It just took a while to take a step back, look at the big picture and do what I do".

It took a while to take off, but once it did we had a monster boom in TV".

Game Of Thrones took a while to take off in America, she says, so she wasn't instantly catapulted into the limelight.

That qualifying "kinda" feels like a wry nod to the three-year wait between debut single and debut album – the latter was due last year but took a while to take shape, as Maidza played shows supporting pop-dance act Years & Years in London and worked through writing phases that she characterises as "sad [and] Lorde-y" and "really angry experimental stuff".

Developer Nina Yang came up with the idea last night before the event when her waiter took a while to take her order.

It takes a while to take the measure of his records.

That type of acceptance may take a while to take hold, as a wave of melancholy has swept the country after Tuesday night's result.

"The peer-to-peer business is going to take a while to take off," Loureiro told me by phone.

Even if Chrome OS takes a while to take off, Google has more than enough capital to keep the project going for a long time — just like they did with Android at first.

It goes into the body and out at a great speed, unlike SSRIs, which take a while to take effect so a sufferer wouldn't be feeling good during that time, and in fact may be feeling more suicidal.