Example sentences of "it have [adv] taken a " in BNC.

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1 What we can say is that where pollution control has been attempted it has usually taken a crude and simple form .
2 It has certainly taken a great deal of time for myself and the other ten or so members of our committee .
3 It had only taken a glance to recognise the ship 's chandler , the site corroborated by the smell of tarred rope ; the same with Mick 's Bar and Johnson 's store .
4 It had only taken a few weeks for Lucy Ashdown to become one of the more useful ringers on Charlie 's list of reserves .
5 It had only taken a matter of yards for her to acknowledge that her sandals made abysmal hiking boots .
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