Example sentences of "it took [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 31 | It took some time for the first volunteers to come forward . |
| 32 | When they were not , they switched to cockles ( although it took some time for them to learn the technique of shell penetration ) . |
| 33 | In fact it took some time to make effective progress , in part because of institutional changes ; Lord Portal replaced Lord Reith , and in 1943 a separate Ministry of Town and Country Planning was set up . |
| 34 | But it took some time before any clear view emerged as to what these new arrangements should be . |
| 35 | Erm it took some time you know through the mid fifties to run down the wartime contracts . |
| 36 | ‘ It took some time to bring your sister to a reasonable state of mind and to prevent her following Garry back to London . |
| 37 | It took some time for their masters to curb them . |
| 38 | It took some time before the real Kenneth Williams came to the surface . |
| 39 | It took some time to locate the bottle — normally as healthy as a young animal , Rory rarely had need of medication . |
| 40 | Well , I know now , though it took some time before my stupid head would accept what my infinitely more sensible heart had been trying to tell it all along . ’ |
| 41 | It took some time , and no little resolution , before the tightly curling mass hung round her face tangle-free at last , and she could crawl wearily into bed . |
| 42 | But it took some time for our achievement to sink in . |
| 43 | But it took some time for our achievement to sink in . |