Example sentences of "it take the [adj] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the event it took the two of them , scrambling and sliding downwards beside each other , faces to the rocks , only some five or six minutes to reach the spot where the railing which Sven Hjerson had noticed further along had in fact stopped the couple 's fall . |
| 2 | It took the three of them over an hour to reach the bottom of the slope , where they came to a halt . |
| 3 | Getting through it took the last of his energy . |
| 4 | ‘ But I got my hand there in a reflex action and it took the worst of it . |
| 5 | But I got my hand there in a reflex action and it took the worst of it . |