Example sentences of "that took some [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As an exercise in the skills of understatement and of giving the wrong impression without actually lying , Charles thought that took some beating . |
| 2 | Whew , that took some doing , I can tell you . |
| 3 | I bet that took some setting up when they ? |
| 4 | The hon. Gentleman will appreciate that it would not be the first inspector 's decision that took some time to see the light of day once it had been referred to a Department . |
| 5 | Whether because people really did not know how to interpret the revolution in England or because they wanted fairly complete independence and correctly suspected that William was going to exercise much the same overall powers as Charles and James had done , there was a revolt in New York that took some months to suppress and the colonists of Massachusetts at the beginning of the 1690s were no more reconciled to English rule than in the past . |