Example sentences of "[vb past] it would take [noun] " in BNC.

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1 I always knew it would take time .
2 He wanted her to relax into happiness — physically , mentally , spiritually — but he knew it would take time .
3 She knew it would take courage to ring that number .
4 Henry 's replies were equally blunt ; he offered help but said it would take time and , if matters should prove too difficult , she was to return immediately to England .
5 Describing a bypass as ‘ pie in the sky ’ the spokesman said it would take years to achieve while action was needed now .
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