Example sentences of "[conj] it took [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | Legally registered only since late February , Rukh also performed well in the west of the republic ( a nationalist heartland ) , where it took control of the Lvov city soviet . |
2 | Then , round a corner , you find yourself in the famous archaeological dig , which has been reconstructed where it took place , with the preserved tenth century buildings re-erected where they were found . |
3 | Although it took years rather than months , new general managers were appointed throughout the NHS and steadily reorganised their Health Authorities along general management lines . |
4 | His only comment was that it took work to be a politician : ‘ I 'd get caught out . ’ |
5 | Regretfully she decided not to wash her hair ; it was so thick that it took ages to dry and she was sure his patience would n't last that long ; also she had to get to work . |
6 | Remember that it took New Zealand four attempts before they finally beat Wales in Cardiff , in 1963 ( they won in Swansea in 1924 ) . |
7 | In just the few seconds that it took Roebuck to de-rail Shelford , a whole new Marty Roebuck fan club was born . |
8 | That it took Hibs 37 minutes to record their first shot at Ally Maxwell vouches for the minuscule depth of their ambition and explains why they were , in the end , beaten hollow . |
9 | I imagine it might be said that it was too insistent on formal academic instruction , that it took things like examinations very seriously and prided itself on its academic record ; yet in fact the education it gave was surprisingly wide and varied … |
10 | He says that it took officers away from other duties . |
11 | On Jan. 28 Uri Lubrani , Israel 's co-ordinator of government activities in Lebanon , said in an interview with Middle East Television that Israel did not object to the Lebanese government deploying its army in southern Lebanon on condition that it took action against terrorist organizations and did not support them . |
12 | This huge increase caused concern among many deputies , but Pavlov had justified it by saying that it took account of forthcoming wholesale price rises and would actually represent a fall in real terms . |
13 | Eric Pickles , leader of Bradford Council , cautioned that it took time to get budgets under control . |
14 | He seemed familiar , so familiar indeed that it took time to sink in . |
15 | The reason was no doubt that it took time for the Consumer Protection Advisory Committee to report . |
16 | And it 's no exaggeration to say that it took years of sifting through the wreckage of myself to find a woman I could begin to take some pride in again . |
17 | The important thing was that it took people 's minds away from national policies . |
18 | It seemed to Elizabeth that it took people half an hour to greet each other each day . |
19 | It comes as no surprise to learn that it took director Peter Greenaway a very long time to find a film company that would consider his script for more than 30 seconds . |
20 | Gray noted , also , that Hel 's kingdom was banished so far from Asgard , the home of the gods , that it took ODIN nine days and nights to reach it . |
21 | Johanna was so popular that it took police a day to talk to all her friends after she was reported missing . |
22 | No pay was given for Bank Holidays , with the result that it took weeks to recover from the loss of income . |
23 | For centuries racing took place on Clifton Ings with the House book of the York Corporation recording that it took place there as long ago as 1530 . |
24 | I suspect that it took place between Felix and Gabriel , the son of his elderly lover , Jonathan Swift . |
25 | I once garnered a useful titbit about Indian life from a documentary about the highest balloon flight in the world because I happened to see that it took place in the centre of the Indian sub-continent where the air can be particularly still . |
26 | The speed of her car was still so great that it took Chesarynth a while to realize the signs were n't complete . |
27 | He spoke so casually that it took Bernice five seconds to realize the implications of what he had said and another five to fear it . |
28 | He reached the milestone in just under three years — but his 109 matches were five more than it took Lewis Jones , of Leeds , to hit the same target in the 1950s . |
29 | The teetotal movement had another important effect : once it took root in America it strengthened the Anglo-American bond . |
30 | The portiera was an old deaf lady and it took Sandison five minutes to explain who he was and who he wanted to visit . |