Example sentences of "it took a great " in BNC.
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| 1 | And it took a great deal of effort to set up , a lot of work already done . |
| 2 | It took a great deal of courage — and self-love — to admit that all her suffering had been in vain . |
| 3 | Birdie Mac in the sweet shop told people that it took a great amount of faith these days to realise that God was fair-minded . |
| 4 | For the educated mother in particular , it took a great deal of courage to reject a system of upbringing which combined quasi-religious appeals to ‘ duty ’ and ‘ rightness ’ and ‘ goodness ’ with a claim to be based on the rational attitudes which she herself , as a ‘ modern ’ woman , was supposed to have embraced . |
| 5 | It took a great deal of effort not to wriggle about as much as I normally did , but I feared him panicking more than the physical discomfort . |
| 6 | It took a great mental effort to move and go upstairs to change ; even then , she had to keep her mind blank , and it was only as she cooked the evening meal , every action mechanical , that she thought clearly again . |
| 7 | Jenna slept badly , waking with a throbbing pain in her head , and it took a great effort to swing both her feet from the bed and sit on the edge . |
| 8 | It took a great deal of acting skill not to show her vast irritation . |
| 9 | And so it took a great deal of time erm , in the nineteen thirties , for farmers to cease production . |
| 10 | It took a great deal of effort to resist adding the word ‘ yet ’ . |
| 11 | ‘ It took a great deal of courage for one man to stand up to the tobacco industry . |