Example sentences of "it take [adj] courage " in BNC.

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1 This involves a different type of responsibility as well , and to accept it takes real courage .
2 But it takes great courage for a politician to try and persuade voters of that fact .
3 Thus it takes considerable courage and persistence at times for the carer to press the needs of the dependent , let alone her/his personal needs .
4 For weeks he was the trouble of my dreams and it took real courage to go to see him in Attila the Hun .
5 It took tremendous courage for Roebuck to fight back from his crippling injury , but there is a further chapter to the story .
6 It took more courage than she knew she possessed to follow him .
7 It took some courage to do so .
8 I knew what I had to do but it took some courage to switch that light on , I can tell you .
9 She flinched at the outraged disbelief in Barney 's expression and it took some courage to say what she had to say .
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