Example sentences of "[noun sg] was all it [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | One glance was all it took to realise this was one hard nut to crack — his features still completely impassive . |
| 2 | The single , simple action was all it took to move what had once been just a concept into the final stage of action . |
| 3 | Still , Chris Allen 's score was all it needed . |
| 4 | Rik Mayall 's name was all it took to persuade Ate de Jong to direct the film : ‘ I knew him from his work in THE YOUNG ONES . |
| 5 | She had been necessary , but despised , so naturally he had discarded her the moment she was no longer necessary to him , and their single sexual collision was all it had taken to free him . |
| 6 | ‘ One quick raid into enemy territory was all it took . |
| 7 | But a show was all it had been . |