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

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1 And so it took a great deal of time erm , in the nineteen thirties , for farmers to cease production .
2 It was in front of 72,000 people in the Stadium , half a billion people around the world and so it took an incredible amount of getting hold of myself to do it .
3 Seven minutes before the interval Duncan Ferguson smashed a header against the crossbar as the home side piled on the pressure , then it took a diving header from Grant Tierney to take a David Robertson cross off Mark Hateley 's toe .
4 She only took her sunglasses off when she was inside the dark little shop but even then it took a few moments for her eyes to adjust .
5 Thankfully their performance was much better , yet it took a pointed comment from Michelle Detroit to get the crowd onto their feet and drum up some atmosphere .
6 Again it took a little while for them to calm down and when they had , Bartlemas , with mock solemnity , handed the envelope to Jacqui .
7 That 's why it took a long time for the light to get to you . ’
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