Example sentences of "it [vb past] take [adj] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It seemed to take two lifetimes for the group to climb past them , but finally they passed from sight if not sound . |
| 2 | However , it did take some time for the mother church to readjust after this second labour and birth . |
| 3 | It had taken 10 years for the states definitely to decide where they stood on the question of integration or association . |
| 4 | It had taken small effort for the cop to lead her on . |
| 5 | Is the Minister aware that on 10 December the National Rivers Authority told me , by letter , that it had taken two samples from the river — above the Coalite plant and below — and that the sample from the river above the plant showed a low level of dioxin , the one below the plant showed considerably higher levels of dioxin and that it is now certain that the dioxin is coming from the Coalite plant ? |
| 6 | It had taken six years of incredibly hard work , masses of courage and a measure of despair , but she 'd done it ! |
| 7 | It had taken twenty-two years of hell to realise that their war was nothing to do with her , and that peacemakers got torn to pieces . |
| 8 | But it had taken four years from the completion of that review for a decision to be made on the future of the RHA 's six asylums . |
| 9 | By 1985 sales of tape cassettes were outnumbering disc sales , although it had taken 40 years for the advocates of magnetic recording to see this come about . |
| 10 | It had taken three years for the committee , under the chairmanship of Lord Kilbrandon , to gather and consider evidence from a large number of bodies already dealing with child offenders and child neglect . |
| 11 | It had taken three days for the anarchy of two thousand Zaïrois to transform themselves into an organised travelling market . |