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

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1 It took D'Arcy a few seconds to connect the familiar face in the unfamiliar surroundings .
2 It took Marie a few seconds to realize who Gary was : nobody , not even the teachers at school , called Gazzer by his real name .
3 It took Alistair a little while to explain who he was .
4 It took people a long time to understand that Education had a much broader view on Channel 4 , and that many of the things that would elsewhere have been informational , or features or factual , would actually find a home in my lot , rather than in Liz 's .
5 It took Martin a long time to get to sleep and even when he did he turned and twisted in feverish attempts to escape the nightmarish pursuit of red , glaring eyes and enormous yellow teeth .
6 It took White the best part of this season to repair the psychological damage , but are we to believe him when he claims that he will win the World Championship unless he gets ‘ a terrible illness or someone plays like God ’ ?
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