Example sentences of "it took [art] [adj] effort " in BNC.
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| 1 | Do n't ask me how I kept going for so long , but it took a superhuman effort . |
| 2 | A horrible weakness seemed to have invaded her limbs and it took a supreme effort to drag her attention back to the conversation . |
| 3 | It took a major effort on her part not to narrow the gap between them still further , but she managed to stay immobile . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | It took a conscious effort to resist the urge to close my eyes , while I signalled to the traffic behind and made an emergency stop . |
| 6 | It took a considerable effort to rip her eyes away . |
| 7 | It took a fierce effort to get her back on her mental feet . |
| 8 | His dark brown gaze locked on to her own wide open blue eyes , and it took an enormous effort for her to look away from him . |
| 9 | It took an enormous effort to drag her thoughts on to safer ground . |