it took him or her
A él le tomó cuatro segundos para hacer eso.
It took him four seconds to do that.
No le tomó mucho a Tom darse cuenta de que no era bienvenido allí.
It didn't take Tom long to realize that he wasn't welcome there.
Le tomó tres semanas aceptar que su abuelo no era rubio.
It took him three weeks to accept that his grandfather wasn't blond.
— Jojo Rabbit (2019)
A María le tomó solo unos minutos poner la mesa.
It only took Maria a few minutes to set the table.
Un fotógrafo le tomó una foto a mi casa.
A photographer took a picture of my house.
La enfermera le tomó la temperatura.
The nurse took his temperature.