Example sentences of "and it took a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A horrible weakness seemed to have invaded her limbs and it took a supreme effort to drag her attention back to the conversation . |
| 2 | And it took a great deal of effort to set up , a lot of work already done . |
| 3 | Jenna slept badly , waking with a throbbing pain in her head , and it took a great effort to swing both her feet from the bed and sit on the edge . |
| 4 | Progress was slow and it took a long time to get a handicap , the first being 17 . |
| 5 | ‘ It was hard to fight my way out of the reserves and it took a long time for me to recover . ’ |
| 6 | And it took a long while for the letters to get there but he knew while he was on the boat that his wife was pregnant and er when he got here , she 'd it 'd been aborted . |
| 7 | Portadown however remained dangerous and it took a superb block from Michael Smyth to deny Cunningham after brilliant work from Martin Russell on the left . |
| 8 | In a day of shocks her brain had become sluggardly , and it took a full thirty seconds for the import of his words to sink in . |
| 9 | The only unqualified crossover success in recent years has been Cher , and it took a minor miracle for her to get there . |
| 10 | Reporters are proverbially heavy drinkers , and it took a few bottles of bonhomie with Johnny Smart before Charles could actually get down to the business for which he had come . |