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

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1 That 's how long it took the 18-year-old to score with his first touch on his Roker Park debut .
2 And they had the time worked out for every policeman the length of time he was allowed to travel from court to home and back again and you added that time to the time you were engaged in court and it was worked out to the minute — worked out officially how long it took the tram .
3 How long it took the teacher to become familiar with the control of the program and to consider how to use it with his pupils .
4 I would n't want to hear it every night , but tonight it took the breath away with its doomed glamour .
5 This occasionally resulted in amendments — more often it took the form of assurances from ministers about future intentions .
6 Well it took the pain away like that .
7 Yet it took a script that just about every major actress in Hollywood turned down to make her a star .
8 Almost certainly it took no decision that the seamen should strike two weeks later .
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