take somebody ages

It can take ages and you can't waste a drop.

It seemed to take him ages to get across the open space.

It took ages to dawn on me that I had to find something else to do with my time other than music.

It is notorious for taking ages before getting the girl to say yes.

It took ages for me to get out of my desk.

People were three deep at the bar and it took ages to get myself another.

It's taking ages to get him off the field, though.

Good job I wasn't on the run though, it took ages to come but was far too vast to complete.

It seemed to take ages before he found a station and was able to get back on the highway.

It took ages to believe that she was actually here.