Example sentences of "it took [det] [noun] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It took many visits to reach our self-set target of non-respondents : thirty primary and thirty secondary teachers willing to discuss the Oxfordshire scheme and to go through the questionnaire orally with us . |
| 2 | The development of coloured carp appealed to the oriental penchant for patience and order , for it took many generations to produce recognisable bloodlines of Kohaku , Sanke or Showa . |
| 3 | Lois Brown was critical of the length of time it took many publishers to make deliveries . |
| 4 | It took many months to get the Staff to evaluate the possibilities of such a scheme . |
| 5 | Though his union did not entirely disappear in Hull it took many years to recover . |
| 6 | It took all day to cross the Nullarbor . |
| 7 | It took little time to decide that her new mama was just like the doll , with her big blue eyes , and her made up face and blonde hair . |
| 8 | Frequently the results were so error-prone that it took more effort to correct the translation than it actually did to manually translate the text . |
| 9 | He then watched to see how long it took another pair to occupy the two kinds of territory . |
| 10 | By 1920 it was appreciated that the Great War had brought about many changes , particularly in Europe and around the Mediterranean area ; Europe 's domination of the world had been weakened , and there was a marked decline in ‘ colonisation ’ , as well as a gradual change from ‘ British Empire ’ to ‘ British Commonwealth ’ , although it took another war to finalise that process . |
| 11 | Engaged as consultants , Alec Issigonis and Alex Moulton half solved the problem by changing the rear suspension , but it took another outsider to put BRM on the right track . |
| 12 | Praxis says it took less time to install the ANDF version of the program than the 15 minutes it takes to compile the C sources of Wingz . |
| 13 | It took several attempts to get it right , but in the end I felt justifiably proud of my literary effort . |
| 14 | Dr Marc Cartwright , anaesthetist on the cardiac arrest team , said it took several minutes to spot the mistake and insert the tube properly . |
| 15 | It took several minutes to gather them back and put them under starter 's orders . |
| 16 | It took several journeys to unload her provisions from the boot . |
| 17 | It took several years to acknowledge that all this higher searching was based on my father 's money . |
| 18 | They were mostly wrong , but it took several years to find out . |
| 19 | Such was the official secrecy , or confusion , that it took several weeks to confirm that no RCM boys were among the casualties . |
| 20 | Like all the gardens here , it took several weeks to put together , but will have disappeared by the end of next weekend . |
| 21 | It took several months to obtain approval and construction work started only in August 1984 . |
| 22 | It took several days to confirm the outbreak and the unit was not closed until a week later . |
| 23 | They 'd spent part of the morning carrying boxes of some sort from one hut to another , apparently fairly heavy boxes , because it took both men to carry them . |
| 24 | Images of Nazism and the war appear so often on the screen that it took some effort to realise that these were real people inside those costumes ; that the peaked cap and leather boots were n't on hire from the wardrobe department . |
| 25 | It took some effort to stay upright with such variations in terrain . |
| 26 | It took some courage to do so . |
| 27 | She flinched at the outraged disbelief in Barney 's expression and it took some courage to say what she had to say . |
| 28 | I knew what I had to do but it took some courage to switch that light on , I can tell you . |
| 29 | Therefore it took some time to penetrate the Boardrooms of British industry , because many of the early headhunters did not really speak the businessmen 's language . |
| 30 | The responsibility had lain so heavily that it took some time to readjust . |