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

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1 A horrible weakness seemed to have invaded her limbs and it took a supreme effort to drag her attention back to the conversation .
2 Jenna slept badly , waking with a throbbing pain in her head , and it took a great effort to swing both her feet from the bed and sit on the edge .
3 And it took a great deal of effort to set up , a lot of work already done .
4 And it took a long while for the letters to get there but he knew while he was on the boat that his wife was pregnant and er when he got here , she 'd it 'd been aborted .
5 Progress was slow and it took a long time to get a handicap , the first being 17 .
6 ‘ It was hard to fight my way out of the reserves and it took a long time for me to recover . ’
7 Portadown however remained dangerous and it took a superb block from Michael Smyth to deny Cunningham after brilliant work from Martin Russell on the left .
8 The only unqualified crossover success in recent years has been Cher , and it took a minor miracle for her to get there .
9 Reporters are proverbially heavy drinkers , and it took a few bottles of bonhomie with Johnny Smart before Charles could actually get down to the business for which he had come .
10 His dark brown gaze locked on to her own wide open blue eyes , and it took an enormous effort for her to look away from him .
11 The British public were cautious and it took the Second World War to inspire a new , and more forward-looking , attitude to the problem of dealing with the economy and unemployment .
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