Example sentences of "a [adj] [noun sg] [conj] it took " in BNC.
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| 1 | There was a scientific hiatus and it took the Butt Report and the prodding of the C-in-C to trigger off an effort in this direction , GEE was an excellent start , but soon negated by jamming . |
| 2 | Oh it 's a tremendous run and it took a very fine tackle by Chettle to stop him . |
| 3 | Einstein proposed a simple relationship but it took him a number of years to identify the precise form of the curvature tensor involved . |
| 4 | ‘ But I got my hand there in a reflex action and it took the worst of it . |
| 5 | But I got my hand there in a reflex action and it took the worst of it . |
| 6 | It was a short note but it took half the morning , a thousand attempts . |
| 7 | The result was a considerable achievement since it took place against a background of strong competition in mature markets and overcapacity in the European agricultural sector . |
| 8 | That 's what I did when I started my furniture business , building it up gradually from a crude workshop and it took a hell of a long time . |
| 9 | ‘ It was an unbelievable move and it took me a few weeks to come back down to earth . ’ |
| 10 | It was an explosive cocktail and it took just one spark to bring on her illness . |