Example sentences of "[conj] it took [det] [noun] for " 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 | Its honours for impresarios and maverick businessmen — what The Times called examples of ‘ unrepentant Darwinism , of the business survival of the fittest and of nature red in tooth and claw ’ — so appalled them and the Palace that it took several weeks for approval to be obtained . |
| 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 | But it took many years for the ordinary people of the area to benefit from tourism in any worthwhile economic sense . |
| 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 . |