Example sentences of "it took [det] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It took much will-power for the man to drag himself away , presently , on one of Dunbar 's best horses , but consoled and heartened by receiving the best kiss , on parting , that had yet come from Mariot Randolph . |
| 2 | It took much restoration , in the remarkably enlightened years in the middle of the last century when conservation took hold in France , to give the cathedral of Lescar its present air of authenticity . |
| 3 | Waiting her turn , trying not to feel overwhelmed by the noise in the bustling concourse , Chesarynth watched how long it took each person ahead of her . |
| 4 | It took all day to cross the Nullarbor . |
| 5 | but even , it took all day to er , to get a |
| 6 | It took all evening . |
| 7 | In any event the civil war was the ultimate sort of turning point which defined that the national government er had a responsibility for ensuring the permanence of the union and it took that responsibility so seriously it was prepared to engage in what was then the bloodiest war in human history . |
| 8 | It took that length of time for The Times to reach Carewscourt from London , where it was posted every morning . |
| 9 | At first they were quite crude and it took little skill and expertise to forge the signature , and then fraudulently put them to financial advantage . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | It took this city clean off the map . ’ |
| 12 | It took more courage than she knew she possessed to follow him . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | It took more optimism than most people could summon to believe that man could renounce the time-honoured outlet of war utterly and at a stroke . |
| 15 | It took another year before the group felt confident enough to organize its first semi-open event — a disco . |
| 16 | Her imperial era was over , though it took another decade and two major anti-terrorist campaigns in Borneo and Aden to complete the transition . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | It took another step down . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | It took another week or so for the cat to start to ignore Dawn , and even longer for her to stop taking too much notice of him and actually watch TV . |
| 21 | It took another week before my photographs were developed and I saw the result of my airborne activities . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | But it took some while for the tractors to become available in other markets . |
| 24 | That 's right , yeah so I eventually managed it , but it took some negotiating . |
| 25 | He returned the phone to its table and slid the notebook into his pocket ; it took some forcing , but it went . |
| 26 | It was concerned mainly with England , though it took some evidence from other English-speaking countries ( including Scotland ) . |
| 27 | It took some effort for Charles not to lose heart . |
| 28 | It took some effort to stay upright with such variations in terrain . |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | And then again I tell you you could use the enema , and that er but er mostly it would you know you would get right again , but it took some doing , not easy . |