Example sentences of "it [verb] [adj] [pos pn] [noun] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As it happened all his discoveries went against the Peripatetic views , and as he advanced so the attacks on him grew , largely because the lesser ones among opponents saw their cosy lives of repetitions of dogma in danger . |
| 2 | It took all her determination to stand her ground until finally he brushed past her . |
| 3 | It took all her strength to reach out for the receiver and raise it stiffly to her ear . |
| 4 | The images his words had triggered were running riot in her brain , and it took all her strength to blot them out . |
| 5 | It took all his willpower to keep his teeth biting into the rubber . |
| 6 | And he says it took all his strength to make the journey from church to job centre . |
| 7 | It took all his time to wash and shave . |