Example sentences of "it took [art] lot " in BNC.
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| 1 | It took a lot of organising . |
| 2 | It took a lot of worry away from him . |
| 3 | It took a lot to faze a talented one like that , who had been a successful soloist for two years , managing with having a sick father and about one tenth of his mother 's attention . |
| 4 | It took a lot of effort and explanations . |
| 5 | It took a lot of mental pressure . |
| 6 | ‘ It took a lot of thinking about — living in your own home and happy there for fifty years and suddenly to give it away . |
| 7 | And it took a lot for me to face some of those things . |
| 8 | It took a lot of the fuel from his flames ( the fruit no longer forbidden is no longer desired ) . |
| 9 | It took a lot of trouble to get right . |
| 10 | And it took a lot of persuasion for them to just admit that . ’ |
| 11 | It took a lot of effort to appear casual . |
| 12 | I think it took a lot out of me learning colloquial English . |
| 13 | But it took a lot of hard work spread over a year to raise the money , said Lindsay Mason , a member of the committee responsible for the fund raising . |
| 14 | ‘ It took a lot to make me miss our date the other night , Folly , ’ he whispered . |
| 15 | ‘ It took a lot of work to turn it into exactly what I wanted . ’ |
| 16 | Wilko did nt offload him immediately … it took a lot more hassle before he went ahead . |
| 17 | It took a lot of effort by some strongly motivated people to get to this point . |
| 18 | I asked to come to Grendon , I did n't like it when i got here , it took a lot of getting used |
| 19 | Mr Hardcastle said : ‘ It took a lot of guts . |
| 20 | and it took a lot longer . |
| 21 | One thing I will commend you for , it took a lot of ball to carry on even when you had lost the thread . |
| 22 | I mean in retrospect , looking back on it , it seems crazy — since they were clearly both right , what were they arguing about ? erm but it took a lot of time to see that these two sets of views could , in fact , be made compatible as we now think they can be . |