Example sentences of "but it took [adj] [noun] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | But it took many years for the ordinary people of the area to benefit from tourism in any worthwhile economic sense . |
| 2 | But it took some while for the tractors to become available in other markets . |
| 3 | But it took some time for our achievement to sink in . |
| 4 | But it took some time for our achievement to sink in . |
| 5 | 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 . |