Example sentences of "and it take [adj] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 And it take twenty four hours to go round once .
2 And it took all this time to get here .
3 We did not have much time to smarten up the old girl and it took much hard work to soften the ravages of time .
4 But for all his troubles Stephen , an amiable and gallant king , had managed to hold on to England and it took three strange twists of fortune to transform the situation .
5 All the old signs appeared : I wanted to be sick , my knees kept quivering , and it took three deep-bowled cups of claret before I could even remember what day of the week it was .
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