Example sentences of "it take [adj] her [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 When they crested a wooded hill shortly before sunset and saw cultivated fields stretching down towards a small village in the distance it took all her will-power not to beg that they stop there for the night .
2 It took all her determination to stand her ground until finally he brushed past her .
3 The images his words had triggered were running riot in her brain , and it took all her strength to blot them out .
4 It took all her strength to reach out for the receiver and raise it stiffly to her ear .
5 She thought that she knew who the lucky man might be , and it took all her strength of mind not to betray the dreadful emotions which merely thinking of him aroused in her .
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