Example sentences of "[pron] take some doing " in BNC.
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| 1 | in the bad old days , in the bad old days before high technology caught up with us , when we used to have more literals than in your average your average academic textbook , which takes some doing . |
| 2 | After a few enquiries at Brigade H.Q I presented myself outside the big house at 2 p.m. wearing kilt , polished boots ( which took some doing ) and , of course , carrying the bagpipes . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | Fernando would n't like that and she wanted to please him , not anger him , though it took some doing getting his anger up . |
| 5 | It took some doing , but father Francis managed to blow out all one hundred candles on his cake . |