take one's time *

I think you would take a long time to break.

Used to take a time just to get home at night!

Exactly what they mean is going to take a little time to sort out.

However, many patients take a long time to get better.

We have asked to do so, but changes take a long time to come into effect.

A man had to take a long time to put them down on paper.

But the process is going to take a long time.

She was going to do everything in her power to make sure he wasn't taken a third time.

"The problems are just going to take a little time to work out."

And sometimes they seemed to take a long time to process news.