Example sentences of "it took [adj] [noun] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For weeks he was the trouble of my dreams and it took real courage to go to see him in Attila the Hun . |
| 2 | It was fair to say that , as soon as the company realized what was happening , it took prompt steps to certify the situation . |
| 3 | Staff appeared not to care about the unavailable theses , and it took considerable effort to persuade them to check the whereabouts of the missing ones . |
| 4 | It took considerable time to charge the palladium fully and Fleischmann was in Britain when , one night , Pons ' son was sent to the laboratory to reduce the current . |
| 5 | Despite Blake being one of techno 's true characters , it took Underground Resistance to hoist his star from the mire of obscurity . |