Example sentences of "it [vb past] some [noun] [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It needed some spark to concentrate his mind , something to take him out of the ruck . |
| 2 | Fernando would n't like that and she wanted to please him , not anger him , though it took some doing getting his anger up . |
| 3 | She flinched at the outraged disbelief in Barney 's expression and it took some courage to say what she had to say . |
| 4 | It took some time to reassemble their people , so much so that presently Douglas , growing impatient , left some of his lesser commanders to round up the stragglers , attend to the wounded and collect the booty from the camp . |
| 5 | ‘ It took some time to bring your sister to a reasonable state of mind and to prevent her following Garry back to London . |