Example sentences of "though it took [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | The police poured out to stop them , though it took three nights before the disturbances began to die down . |
2 | Her imperial era was over , though it took another decade and two major anti-terrorist campaigns in Borneo and Aden to complete the transition . |
3 | It was concerned mainly with England , though it took some evidence from other English-speaking countries ( including Scotland ) . |
4 | Fernando would n't like that and she wanted to please him , not anger him , though it took some doing getting his anger up . |
5 | Well , I know now , though it took some time before my stupid head would accept what my infinitely more sensible heart had been trying to tell it all along . ’ |