Example sentences of "[conj] it took [det] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Its honours for impresarios and maverick businessmen — what The Times called examples of ‘ unrepentant Darwinism , of the business survival of the fittest and of nature red in tooth and claw ’ — so appalled them and the Palace that it took several weeks for approval to be obtained . |
| 2 | Such was the official secrecy , or confusion , that it took several weeks to confirm that no RCM boys were among the casualties . |
| 3 | He established himself in the heart of Sicily , near Etna , about 449 , and it took several years and several expeditions by Syracuse to dislodge him . |
| 4 | But it took many years for the ordinary people of the area to benefit from tourism in any worthwhile economic sense . |
| 5 | They were mostly wrong , but it took several years to find out . |
| 6 | They 'd spent part of the morning carrying boxes of some sort from one hut to another , apparently fairly heavy boxes , because it took both men to carry them . |
| 7 | The development of coloured carp appealed to the oriental penchant for patience and order , for it took many generations to produce recognisable bloodlines of Kohaku , Sanke or Showa . |