Example sentences of "it [vb past] take [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , it did take some time for the mother church to readjust after this second labour and birth . |
| 2 | But it did take some time . |
| 3 | But the east Belfast based group vowed the show would go ahead — even if it did take some time . |
| 4 | It had taken small effort for the cop to lead her on . |
| 5 | But he desired the little glass key , because he was a craftsman , and could see that it had taken masterly skill to blow all these delicate wards and barrel , and because he did not have any idea about what it was or might do , and curiosity is a great power in men 's lives . |
| 6 | It had taken six telephone calls and much going to and fro before Peter and Susie finally arrived for their first counselling appointment . |
| 7 | It had taken some labour to restore : a gang of builders had spent months ripping down hardboard partitions , taking out gas meters , attempting to rescue old parquet flooring , refitting windows , stripping paint from tiles . |
| 8 | It had taken some time to reach a decision , but eventually they had come across to check their bonds were in place , and then had gone off . |
| 9 | Losing two front teeth , even two false front teeth , at the age of fifty , even if only for a week , had distressed him : he had sat opposite her at the breakfast table with a napkin over his mouth , and she knew that it had taken some courage to go to the board meeting at all . |
| 10 | It 's owned and run by Oxfordshire County Council , which is building another much bigger landfill alongside it intended to take twelve year 's worth of south Oxfordshire 's waste . |