Example sentences of "it took [adv] [det] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This means that the value of a firm would indeed rise as it took on more debt because it was paying less of its earnings out to the taxman . |
| 2 | It had become a sort of one-off adventurer and then after '79 it took on another role again . |
| 3 | It took very little ingenuity to transform an ordinary bone conductor type of National Health hearing-aid and to attach a metal ring to the receiver so that it could be worn like an ordinary ring . |
| 4 | Emil himself and Oliver delivered the necessary , although Emil on his return said he hoped this was n't going to happen at lunch and dinner also , because it took too much time . |
| 5 | The trouble with the poll tax , as with comprehensive education , was that it took too little account of how we really are . |
| 6 | It cracked the wall down that side and it took out that window put a big crack in there and also in the ceiling . |
| 7 | I kept on waking up in a panic , thinking I had missed an observation , and it took quite some while to get my internal clock re-adjusted to normal waking and sleeping hours . |