Example sentences of "[coord] it take [adj] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ And it took four years of trials before they did , ’ McGeechan grins . |
| 2 | Watering of the services turned out to be a job when the Standard 4 drained the Aberystwyth water tank and it took four trips for the local fire brigade to water Hinton Manor . |
| 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 takes great courage for a politician to try and persuade voters of that fact . |
| 7 | The stripes were hardly noticeable , as the cut was left longer here , but it took slight bumps in the ground in its stride , and cut well up to edges . |
| 8 | But it took many years for the ordinary people of the area to benefit from tourism in any worthwhile economic sense . |
| 9 | A wizened butler opened the door to Topaz , but it took five minutes of heated argument before she was allowed to step over the threshold of Stone Towers . |
| 10 | But it took some while for the tractors to become available in other markets . |
| 11 | But it took some time for our achievement to sink in . |
| 12 | But it took some time for our achievement to sink in . |
| 13 | The incident last weekend happened just a few hundred yards from Bishop Auckland ambulance station , but it took 25 minutes for a vehicle to arrive from Durham City 12 miles away . |