Example sentences of "[noun] it took [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 In the provinces it took a little time before London fashions were adopted .
2 In the split second it took the cursing Jube to work the action and fire , his target was no longer there .
3 As it moved south it took a wide variety of other forms from Kurdish to Hindi .
4 As it moved south it took a wide variety of other forms from Kurdish to Hindi .
5 At any rate it took a long time to synthesize .
6 By the third decade of that century , the idea of a prime minister had emerged and in its first physical manifestation it took the imposing form of Sir Robert Walpole .
7 A B&Q spokesman said last night : ‘ Because our store was the closest to the viaduct it took the full force of the blast and it could well be that we are talking of a complete demolition .
8 But of course it took a little bit of time , an hour or so , and th , the woman came round again , they said ca n't do you today
9 Middlesbrough 2 Plymouth Argyle 1 ON a day when former England goalkeeper Peter Shilton was on top form it took a top goal to beat him .
10 At the end it took a photo-finish camera to separate them , the Scotsman winning the verdict in 10.25 seconds .
11 This time it took no formal action .
12 First of all it 's a , it 's a most astonishing theoretical phenomenon that this should happen , and in fact it took a whole half of century later before an explanation could be found as to what , what was happening .
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