Example sentences of "[conj] it take [adj] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Anna had come into the world feet first and it took all the experience of Mrs Finklestein and the skill of the young Dr Arlen , who had come back at once with Denis , to turn the baby round without strangling the little thing with its own cord . |
| 2 | She did n't need to turn round to know he was standing there , and it took all the will-power she possessed to finish the task she was working on , knowing he was just a few feet away . |
| 3 | She felt the puff of his breath on her ear , and it took all the determination she possessed not to turn round . |
| 4 | Cornflower-blue eyes bored into her own and it took all the willpower she possessed not to look away . |
| 5 | The responses I heard to that question were most unsatisfactory , the County Council 's response was , ah , well we 'll have to get together again with the group of authorities , now if you look back over how long it has taken to produce this particular strategy that 's exceedingly worrying , that means they 'll have to get together again , even if it takes half the time or a third of the time , they 'll have to get together again towards nineteen ninety seven ninety eight to be considering the strategy post two thousand and six . |
| 6 | It was a short note but it took half the morning , a thousand attempts . |