Example sentences of "and it took [adj] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ And it took four years of trials before they did , ’ McGeechan grins . |
| 2 | Watering of the services turned out to be a job when the Standard 4 drained the Aberystwyth water tank and it took four trips for the local fire brigade to water Hinton Manor . |
| 3 | In this early period American railway capital and building energies went mainly into track and engineering , and it took some time for the station to catch up with the grandiose schemes of the companies . |
| 4 | Kim Il Sung headed the NKIPC ; the membership was disparate and it took some time for Kim to establish his control . |
| 5 | The sea-blue eyes gazing back at her were coolly assessing , and it took considerable effort on her part not to look away . |