Example sentences of "[conj] it take [noun prp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Remember that it took New Zealand four attempts before they finally beat Wales in Cardiff , in 1963 ( they won in Swansea in 1924 ) . |
| 2 | In just the few seconds that it took Roebuck to de-rail Shelford , a whole new Marty Roebuck fan club was born . |
| 3 | Gray noted , also , that Hel 's kingdom was banished so far from Asgard , the home of the gods , that it took ODIN nine days and nights to reach it . |
| 4 | The speed of her car was still so great that it took Chesarynth a while to realize the signs were n't complete . |
| 5 | He spoke so casually that it took Bernice five seconds to realize the implications of what he had said and another five to fear it . |
| 6 | These show that it takes Dagenham nearly twice as long to produce a Sierra car as it does Ford 's Genk plant in Belgium . |
| 7 | He reached the milestone in just under three years — but his 109 matches were five more than it took Lewis Jones , of Leeds , to hit the same target in the 1950s . |
| 8 | The BSDI contingents hopeful that Novell Inc will quash the suit once it takes USL over may be barking up the wrong tree . |
| 9 | So we 've both got it takes me an hour and a quarter to get to Caernarfen and it takes Jan about an hour and a half to get to Leek because they 're such bad roads . |
| 10 | The portiera was an old deaf lady and it took Sandison five minutes to explain who he was and who he wanted to visit . |
| 11 | If they were down to the last dregs of their confidence after their Hillsborough defeat it did not show and it took Kelly 's superb reflexes to deny Newell after only three minutes . |
| 12 | An optimistic beginning , with an early goal thrown in , gave way to uncertainty and it took McCoist 's second goal to inspire Scotland to the stirring finale which brought a third from Pat Nevin five minutes from the end . |
| 13 | Ian Smales 's try and Fox 's fourth goal tied the scores again with 10 minutes to go and it took Fox 's drop to separate the sides . |
| 14 | Jill returned , saying that it was Mrs Mellings , for her father , and it took Alice some moments to realise that this must be her mother , not the new Mrs Mellings , who at this moment would be already on her way to the pleasures of a weekend in Kent . |
| 15 | The Vimy was a heavy machine to handle and it took Jack all his strength to hold her steady . |
| 16 | The need for a male heir to the throne of France was now desperate and it took Louis only five weeks to find a third wife , Adela of Champagne . |
| 17 | The cat was halfway up the tree , and it took Virginia quite a long time to reach it . |
| 18 | Seb shouted up to tell him what had happened and it took Dolly no more than a couple of minutes to hurry downstairs and throw open the cottage door . |
| 19 | Although Jane 's hereditary claim was weak , she was initially recognized as queen in many parts of the realm , and it took Mary several weeks to organize an effective coup d'état and take control of the throne . |
| 20 | The well was very deep , about fifty metres down and it took Jennifer ten minutes to complete the task of lowering and raising the bucket . |
| 21 | Malcolm was still bouncing them merrily , but it took Gooch , with his third wicket , Mushtaq slogging , to persuade a declaration at 505 for 9 . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | Even before it took Peter from me , I hated the sea . |