Example sentences of "[noun sg] it took [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In theory an excise on home production of tobacco could have produced the same revenue as a tax on imports but in practice it took a strong and efficient government to levy an excise , while almost any government could find private businessmen who would pay a lump sum of cash in return for the right to collect the official rates of customs duties at a port . |
| 2 | In the split second it took the cursing Jube to work the action and fire , his target was no longer there . |
| 3 | As it moved south it took a wide variety of other forms from Kurdish to Hindi . |
| 4 | As it moved south it took a wide variety of other forms from Kurdish to Hindi . |
| 5 | Instead , when budgetary reform took place it took the form of a three tier decision making unit . |
| 6 | So for instance if my backup window is an hour and that 's how long it take me to backup my database today , if had the backup server and I was using one device it took an hour , if I used two it would learn one dialect of S Q L. as |
| 7 | ‘ Green Jack , ’ Tallis said to herself , and as if the sound of the fanciful name from folklore had attracted its attention it took a quick , awkward step forward , sinewy body cracking like old wood underfoot . |
| 8 | On the following day it took the Goodyear Trophy at 206 mph , flown by Hall , it took the next two races , again cruising round the course . |
| 9 | In the event it took the two of them , scrambling and sliding downwards beside each other , faces to the rocks , only some five or six minutes to reach the spot where the railing which Sven Hjerson had noticed further along had in fact stopped the couple 's fall . |
| 10 | At any rate it took a long time to synthesize . |
| 11 | By the third decade of that century , the idea of a prime minister had emerged and in its first physical manifestation it took the imposing form of Sir Robert Walpole . |
| 12 | If you were unfortunate enough to get a bad cook it took a while before the powers that be realised it , so you had to put up with inedible food for weeks . |
| 13 | Unwilling to prolong the conversation in case it took an even more embarrassing turn , she said her goodbyes . |
| 14 | A B&Q spokesman said last night : ‘ Because our store was the closest to the viaduct it took the full force of the blast and it could well be that we are talking of a complete demolition . |
| 15 | Er of course it took a bit of time to learn as to er you know the the rotation who the to take the tea from various men 's buckets , they was buckets , or wher wherever they had their stuff in their bags . |
| 16 | But of course it took a little bit of time , an hour or so , and th , the woman came round again , they said ca n't do you today |
| 17 | And , the other thing it took a while for u for us to get them to , they 'd never drunk milk out of a straw , through a straw |
| 18 | Middlesbrough 2 Plymouth Argyle 1 ON a day when former England goalkeeper Peter Shilton was on top form it took a top goal to beat him . |
| 19 | Although one of the sons suffered severe injuries such as a black eye and damage to his kidney and spent 5 days in hospital it took the police over 6 weeks to decide whether to charge anyone . |
| 20 | At the end it took a photo-finish camera to separate them , the Scotsman winning the verdict in 10.25 seconds . |
| 21 | Not to be outdone , Pentos also took the plunge and produced its own 48-page , fully illustrated catalogue for all its shops ( last year it took the PN catalogue . |
| 22 | When this information was required across the company it took an estimated two man days to compile . |
| 23 | This time it took no formal action . |
| 24 | Some of the audience calmly fetched additional chairs from a store and we each sat holding our stacking chair over our heads until the shower subsided , in about the same time it took the film rain to subside . |
| 25 | Financed to the tune of FFr5 million by the giant British chemical firm ICI , which also paid FFr2 million towards the Salle des Fetes exhibition and a special laser-lit dinner for 1,000 under the Louvre pyramid , restoration of ‘ The Marriage at Cana ’ took two and a half years — almost twice the time it took the thirty-four year-old , Verona-born artist and his brother Benedetto to paint Christ 's first miracle for the refectory of the Benedictine Monastery of San Giorgio Maggiore in Venice in 1562–63 . |
| 26 | The survey by the National Consumer Council among almost 1,000 consumers found widespread dissatisfaction with the time it took the ombudsmen to settle disputes . |
| 27 | In fact it took a revolutionary medical technique for Ian to be able to play again , but only for the Palace Reserves , for the first team were , at that time at least , more than holding their own in Division One . |
| 28 | In fact it took a series of political blunders on Callaghan 's part to spoil Labour 's chances of being re-elected , faute de mieux , as the responsible and sober ‘ party of government ’ : the seemingly endless postponement of the election while the party 's parliamentary position crumbled , requiring the prop of transparent chicanery ; the unenforceable wishful thinking of the 5 per cent pay limit , the last straw for the unions . |
| 29 | First of all it 's a , it 's a most astonishing theoretical phenomenon that this should happen , and in fact it took a whole half of century later before an explanation could be found as to what , what was happening . |