Example sentences of "and it took [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He looked like the devil incarnate as he stood there glaring at her , and it took every scrap of courage and pride Fran possessed to stand and face him . |
| 2 | It was 35 minutes before the visitors threatened and it took a reflex save from Mark Morris to deny Graham Alexander after a great run and cross by Tony Daws . |
| 3 | The first attempt on the buttress was delayed for two days because of bad weather , and it took a total of five days to climb the feature , which included a band of loose rock at the base , and reconnoitre the south ridge to the start of a large rock pillar at about 5,900 metres . |
| 4 | They set off in November 1923 and it took a year to set up the expedition . |
| 5 | And it took a year for him to get it back . |
| 6 | ‘ That 's why there were a couple of early hiccups and it took a while to settle in . |
| 7 | It was out in the wilds somewhere and it took a while to find him . |
| 8 | This is because MouseMan Cordless has its roller ball sited further forward , virtually under one 's forefinger and it took a bit of time getting used to , as did a small but perceptible response lag . |
| 9 | A Protestant mob was so incensed by what he said that they wrecked the Irish quarter , breaking in the fronts of houses and knocking down their roofs , and it took a battalion of troops to restore order . |
| 10 | The sand , shingle and shells were a prehistoric beach , preserved somehow over millions of years — and it took a breakdown for me to discover it . |
| 11 | That 's what I did when I started my furniture business , building it up gradually from a crude workshop and it took a hell of a long time . |
| 12 | And it took a lot for me to face some of those things . |
| 13 | And it took a lot of persuasion for them to just admit that . ’ |
| 14 | and it took a lot longer . |
| 15 | I know I was , and it took a tragedy like this to make me see straight . ’ |
| 16 | The Nature Conservancy Council is the body responsible for advising the Government on nature conservation in Great Britain , and it took a lead in providing the considerable resources required for specialist survey work . |
| 17 | My daughter was born during the Truby King period , and it took a month of untold agony for myself and the child before I threw every book I had out of the house and all my well meaning and Truby King obsessed relatives with them . |
| 18 | But a night-marish six at the 164-yard 17th undid all the good work and it took a birdie at the last to rescue a par round . |
| 19 | Historically , there was a ‘ privilege ’ , and it took a number of different forms . |
| 20 | Although the first fruits of this decision took place in l982 , the writing had been on the wall , and read by us many years before that , and it took a period of some years to find a way of moving out of polythene , which was not only ICI 's own proud invention , but an area where we had been acknowledged world leaders for many years . |
| 21 | Wednesday 's Harkes missed two chances and it took a first-half strike from right-back Roland Nilsson to show the frontmen how to do it . |
| 22 | Isabella was becoming rebellious , said the head teacher , and it took an hour to modify this to fanciful . |
| 23 | It was in incredible display of control , and it took an age to shove Venables in , said Saunders . |
| 24 | Malik made Lewis look fairly ordinary , and it took the return of Mallender to remove the seventh wicket , just on the stroke of lunch . |
| 25 | The second in line to the throne was still known officially as ‘ Baby Wales ’ and it took the couple several days of discussion before they arrived at a name . |
| 26 | There was a scientific hiatus and it took the Butt Report and the prodding of the C-in-C to trigger off an effort in this direction , GEE was an excellent start , but soon negated by jamming . |
| 27 | The Germans , too , began with tariffs more favourable to farming than industry , and it took the McKinley tariff in the U.S.A. and the enormous Russian protective duties to convert the German rulers to protection for their manufacturers . |
| 28 | ‘ Yes , ’ he said frankly , and it took the wind out of her sails . |
| 29 | It was the first time two West Indian batsmen had made a century stand for the sixth wicket in each innings of a Test and it took the game right away from England ; when the last wicket fell , Logie was left unbeaten on 95 , the score was 397 , and England had to survive for the best part of two days . |
| 30 | The South Metropolitan Co. accepted one early in 1906 and it took the number 30 . |