Example sentences of "it took [art] [adj] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Seven minutes before the interval Duncan Ferguson smashed a header against the crossbar as the home side piled on the pressure , then it took a diving header from Grant Tierney to take a David Robertson cross off Mark Hateley 's toe . |
| 2 | It took a rare combination of management failure , over-ambition and bad luck to bring such a business to its knees . |
| 3 | From that moment he had had respect for Blanche : he knew it took a rare combination of self-confidence and courage to admit she had been wrong . |
| 4 | It took a five-year tussle with the Luftfahrt Bundesamt , the German body which sets aeronautical regulations , before the cylinders were approved for use in hot-air balloons . |
| 5 | It took a little time for him to realise that ‘ Bovril ’ was not a local retailer . |
| 6 | It took a little time for employers to depersonalize personal computers . |
| 7 | It was not only the student movement that suffered in this way ; the black movement in the US , especially when it took a revolutionary form in the Black Panther Party , was violently suppressed , and in Latin America democratic and radical movements were destroyed , and military dictatorships were installed , often with American help , as in Chile . |
| 8 | As it moved south it took a wide variety of other forms from Kurdish to Hindi . |
| 9 | As it moved south it took a wide variety of other forms from Kurdish to Hindi . |
| 10 | It took a major effort on her part not to narrow the gap between them still further , but she managed to stay immobile . |
| 11 | It took a new generation of drama advisers to attempt to bring it back again . |
| 12 | It took a good deal of time for me and it to get together . |
| 13 | Although the company made a net profit of $10.5 million in 1987 it took a hard-line response over the strike : out of the 5000 who went out , 2000 workers were estimated to have been sacked . |
| 14 | How ironic , Antonietta 's mother remarked , that it took a young lady from a foreign country to educate them about one of their own artists ! |
| 15 | The above may be so , but it took a long while for anything significant to happen to the share price . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | It took a long talk from one of the Sisters of Charity to make him realise that God had given him the gift of his voice and he was to use his gift with religion to help these people . |
| 18 | The blaze commenced one lunchtime when few people were in the premises , so there was no loss of life , but it took a long time for the blaze to be brought under control and some days before the firemen were able to be sure that there was no risk of further outbreaks of fire . |
| 19 | The old lady was quite sprightly for her age but it took a long time for them both to reach the top floor . |
| 20 | It took a long time for us to reach an understanding . |
| 21 | Despite hospital treatment , it took a long time for Sheila to recover . |
| 22 | ‘ It took a long time for me to get my Gold Award because some of the tasks were very difficult , ’ says Fiona of the demanding project that included months of community service , braving the elements on an exploratory camping trip and writing a long and detailed historical thesis ! |
| 23 | ‘ It took a long time for all this to evolve . |
| 24 | ‘ It took a long time for me to come to terms with the whole mistletoe thing . |
| 25 | It took a long time for the penny to drop with me about why I was so apparently popular in men 's organizations in the aftermath of so many women deciding to work separately . |
| 26 | ‘ It was hard to fight my way out of the reserves and it took a long time for me to recover . ’ |
| 27 | It took a long time for the plague to be controlled and for strongholds of the riding families to be overthrown . |
| 28 | Well the only thing is that I hope that the next generation that is coming along now will appreciate what has been done for their generation because it took a long time for us to get what we wanted for our children and now with our grandchildren are coming along I hope the town will improve with their growth . |
| 29 | That 's why it took a long time for the light to get to you . ’ |
| 30 | It took a long time for the plumber to come round but at least it was done , you know that day . |