Example sentences of "it took [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It took Ruth a second or two to realise that he was replying to her question , not to the thoughts which whirled around in her head . |
| 2 | I could also see the potential that Llanbrynmair had to offer ( it took Carole a little longer to see te potential ) and was very eager to start renovation . |
| 3 | Once inside the building , it took Myeloski nearly twenty minutes to find the officer in charge and determine that no word had been received by the Tobolsk police regarding their impending arrival . |
| 4 | Since she felt as though someone had physically kicked her in the stomach , it took Shannon a moment or two to get the words out . |
| 5 | It took Anna a moment to identify the name . |
| 6 | Although a phenomenal critical and box-office success , it took Stone ten years to raise the finance , eventually obtaining it through the British Hemdale company . |
| 7 | It took Doyle a moment to establish that fact . |
| 8 | In just the few seconds that it took Roebuck to de-rail Shelford , a whole new Marty Roebuck fan club was born . |
| 9 | It took Daphne several attempts to explain what ‘ riding to hounds ’ actually meant , though she had to admit that even Eliza Doolittle would have been hard pushed to understand fully why they bothered with the exercise in the first place . |
| 10 | It took Quakers 19 minutes to produce any noteworthy effort , a Nick Cusack left-foot shot that slipped just wide of the post , and they almost equalised after 29 minutes when Fashanu flicked Andy Toman 's left wing corner against his own bar but the rebound fell to a Torquay defender . |
| 11 | It took Victoria just two decades to climb virtually the full length of the international road safety league table and it did so by actively engaging many organised elements of society . |
| 12 | It took Chris Day ( 1975 ) , writing eight years after Brian Way , boldly to affirm that , ‘ Drama … is not life ’ ( p. 3 ) . |
| 13 | It took ages to dawn on me that I had to find something else to do with my time other than music . |
| 14 | ‘ It took ages to come out and we had no control over the artwork . |
| 15 | It took ages to believe that she was actually here . |
| 16 | Regretfully she decided not to wash her hair ; it was so thick that it took ages to dry and she was sure his patience would n't last that long ; also she had to get to work . |
| 17 | It took ages to cross the line with the Pegasus players frozen in disbelief . |
| 18 | But fortunately the traffic was heavy and it took ages to reach Bethnal Green . |
| 19 | ‘ It took ages to cross the line , but overall I thought we deserved to win for our battling spirit , ’ he said . |
| 20 | It took ages before he twigged . |
| 21 | It took ages . |
| 22 | You know , it took ages to digest ! |
| 23 | big one and it took ages to dry off , yeah . |
| 24 | Because obviously you could do this by hand , you could do it by it took ages and could be very boring . |
| 25 | It took ages for me to be able to get a |
| 26 | It took ages . |
| 27 | The portiera was an old deaf lady and it took Sandison five minutes to explain who he was and who he wanted to visit . |
| 28 | It took Wallace to finally offer United hope . |
| 29 | As he turned away , it took Ronni a moment to catch her breath and get her eyes back into focus . |
| 30 | it was all over at the start of the second half … it took Millwall just 17 seconds and ten touches to win the game … |