Example sentences of "[conj] it took [adj] [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When they were not , they switched to cockles ( although it took some time for them to learn the technique of shell penetration ) . |
| 2 | Had the Conservatives won the election by a whisker , which at one time seemed likely , they would probably have plumped for a Labour Speaker ( on the grounds that it took one vote off the Opposition ) . |
| 3 | In this early period American railway capital and building energies went mainly into track and engineering , and it took some time for the station to catch up with the grandiose schemes of the companies . |
| 4 | Kim Il Sung headed the NKIPC ; the membership was disparate and it took some time for Kim to establish his control . |
| 5 | The sea-blue eyes gazing back at her were coolly assessing , and it took considerable effort on her part not to look away . |
| 6 | But it took some while for the tractors to become available in other markets . |
| 7 | But it took some time for our achievement to sink in . |
| 8 | But it took some time for our achievement to sink in . |
| 9 | The melee was extraordinary , because it took some time for Hunt to realize that he was world champion . |
| 10 | It was concerned mainly with England , though it took some evidence from other English-speaking countries ( including Scotland ) . |