Example sentences of "but it took [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Eventually , I managed to coax a strained fart from the horn , but it took hours of practice . |
| 2 | Brave Gail Devers was suffering from Graves Disease but it took doctors two years to diagnose the crippling thyroid illness . |
| 3 | But it took time to develop interest . |
| 4 | He visited prisons in France , Holland , Austria , Prussia , Denmark , Sweden and Russia — but it took time to establish his authority and certainly his relationships with administrators and staff were often initially imbued with deep suspicion or outright opposition . |
| 5 | In Indochina , France became embroiled in one of the most complex of the post-war colonial conflicts , but it took time to accept that the days of European colonial rule were numbered . |
| 6 | The nurses topped it up again as soon as they realised but it took time to go through and have any effect so I had about twenty minutes of real labour pains . |
| 7 | Malcolm was still bouncing them merrily , but it took Gooch , with his third wicket , Mushtaq slogging , to persuade a declaration at 505 for 9 . |
| 8 | He never found the proximity of women offensive or objectionable , which was probably due to Pershti 's gentle influence ( she had not been Shannish ) , but it took Lucien a while to overcome a feeling of discomfort , having so many of them around him . |
| 9 | Er But it took people busy to get it paid , you know , and in fact there was some people that could n't , er and it became a big worry to people . |
| 10 | Simple laboratory tests were able to show the acutely toxic effects of large doses of organochlorines , but it took years for high concentrations to accumulate in belugas that had consumed large quantities of lightly-contaminated food . |
| 11 | If Preston kept his eyes shut and his mind on something else , they occasionally achieved simultaneous orgasm , but it took energy , it took stamina . |
| 12 | But it took R. A. Fisher and his colleagues , the founders of modern population genetics , to develop the full answer to Fleeming Jenkin in terms of Mendel 's theory of particle genetics . |
| 13 | But it took pains not to criticise Whitehall . |