Example sentences of "it took [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It took a turn for the worse with the reduction in numbers of personnel here at site and was taken from us suddenly in March when the outcome of a company-wide vote [ on what should have been agreed locally ] was announced . |
| 2 | The Land Rover was waiting , but it took a minute or so to find a driver . |
| 3 | It took a minute to dawn and then she had great difficulty in not laughing . |
| 4 | I 'm about 5'7 ’ and found it fitted me fine , although as with all sacks , it took a couple of days of walking to get the best adjustment . |
| 5 | It took a couple of minutes for my breathing to steady . |
| 6 | Douglas McGregor ( Leadership and Motivation ) wrote about his own experiences as a college president that : ‘ It took a couple of years , but I finally began to realise that a leader can not avoid the exercise of authority any more than he can avoid responsibility for what happens in the organisation . ’ |
| 7 | But it took a couple of goes to get the ball in the net . |
| 8 | It took a couple of deep breaths before she recovered enough to grasp what was happening . |
| 9 | It took a couple of seconds to sink in , then she was struggling into the boiler suit , using language , under her breath , which would have made treble word scores in Rude Scrabble . |
| 10 | If it took a couple of weeks to trace and arrange to visit all the closest relatives of the victims of a train disaster , say , those most likely to become severely depressed might already have done so . |
| 11 | Nicky Summerbee claimed goal number 3 , although it took a couple of deflections on the way win . |
| 12 | Well , it took a Milwall old boy , who 's now United 's newboy … to become the weekends golden boy . |
| 13 | It took a bit of getting used to . |
| 14 | It took a bit of time to get all the necessary planning permission , simply because none of the authorities involved had ever had to deal with anything like Sanipet before ! |
| 15 | It took a bit of doing — for instance , the disposal site had to check out 100 per cent . |
| 16 | It took a bit of doing , but Anabelle found the place she was looking for . |
| 17 | Testers ' comments : Pamela : ‘ It took a bit of adjusting to get the sling set just right , but it 's very easy to put on . |
| 18 | This is because MouseMan Cordless has its roller ball sited further forward , virtually under one 's forefinger and it took a bit of time getting used to , as did a small but perceptible response lag . |
| 19 | It took a bit of doing . . |
| 20 | Er of course it took a bit of time to learn as to er you know the the rotation who the to take the tea from various men 's buckets , they was buckets , or wher wherever they had their stuff in their bags . |
| 21 | It took a bit of explaining . |
| 22 | Admittedly , the last one is a fake , but it took a lawsuit to convince the Daily Express that it was n't true . |
| 23 | This oarsman says it took a bite out of his blade . |
| 24 | A Protestant mob was so incensed by what he said that they wrecked the Irish quarter , breaking in the fronts of houses and knocking down their roofs , and it took a battalion of troops to restore order . |
| 25 | ‘ It took a deflection . ’ |
| 26 | County were battered and bruised , but they still had a bit of bounce left and came back with a goal from Dean Thomas which sent Nicky Hammond the wrong way , only because it took a deflection . |
| 27 | And from the free kick … came the winner … it was Craig Maskell 's goal even though it took a deflection on the way … |
| 28 | Does my hon. Friend agree that it is worth pointing out to young children that in 1950 it took a man on average industrial wages a week to earn enough to buy his Christmas turkey and that it now takes a person in a similar position just 90 minutes to do so ? |
| 29 | Organised by Stewart Garside , East Hampshire District council 's landscape officer , it took a day to ‘ plant ’ the tree in its new position . |
| 30 | It took a day of debate additional to the agreed three-day sitting for the amended proposals to be passed , clause by clause . |