Example sentences of "and it [verb] [pron] some [noun] " in BNC.

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1 When I tried to lead her indoors she became indignant , shaking me off , ‘ Do you call yourself my niece , trying to get me into a burning house ! ’ and it took me some time to persuade her that all was well .
2 I was caught in a group near the door and it took me some time to realise that I ought to be looking at the pictures , since that was why we were there .
3 I found that if I imbibed the medicinal stimulant too quickly , the pace of creative work ( and the typing ) slowed down , and it took me some weeks of careful experimentation to find the most efficacious ration .
4 Such was Felicity 's introduction to Overclyst , and it took her some time to recover from it .
5 Anna would n't speak of it at all for some time ; later we heard about Simon 's will — he left her various things , his art library for instance ( it 's a wonderful one ) — and it gave her some kind of peace .
6 And it gave it some condition , you know , when I
7 The girls are required to plan their own day , and when they are used to this system , most prefer it to the structure of school and it gives them some control over their daily lives .
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