Example sentences of "it [vb past] take [det] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , it did take some time for the mother church to readjust after this second labour and birth . |
| 2 | But it did take some time . |
| 3 | But the east Belfast based group vowed the show would go ahead — even if it did take some time . |
| 4 | It had taken some labour to restore : a gang of builders had spent months ripping down hardboard partitions , taking out gas meters , attempting to rescue old parquet flooring , refitting windows , stripping paint from tiles . |
| 5 | It had taken some time to reach a decision , but eventually they had come across to check their bonds were in place , and then had gone off . |
| 6 | Losing two front teeth , even two false front teeth , at the age of fifty , even if only for a week , had distressed him : he had sat opposite her at the breakfast table with a napkin over his mouth , and she knew that it had taken some courage to go to the board meeting at all . |