Example sentences of "but it took " in BNC.
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| 1 | But it took all of a week 's ration of time to restore the plot to its pre-holiday weed-free state . |
| 2 | But it took five more years , and the Tiananmen massacre , for its residents fully to grasp their prospective vulnerability as citizens of China . |
| 3 | But it took pains not to criticise Whitehall . |
| 4 | An usher made an unsuccessful attempt to separate the two men , but it took the intervention of the woman to calm things down . |
| 5 | But it took some getting at , the core of the physical jungle , the dark and deepest recess of organic shame . |
| 6 | Engaged as consultants , Alec Issigonis and Alex Moulton half solved the problem by changing the rear suspension , but it took another outsider to put BRM on the right track . |
| 7 | He and his wife tried and tried to have another one and they did , but it took them all those years . |
| 8 | He 's a fabulous guy and very funny , but it took a long time , and I do n't take credit for it , but it took a long time to put him in a situation where I felt that he was at maximum ‘ comfortableness ’ , so that his shyness — and he was very shy — was overcome . |
| 9 | He 's a fabulous guy and very funny , but it took a long time , and I do n't take credit for it , but it took a long time to put him in a situation where I felt that he was at maximum ‘ comfortableness ’ , so that his shyness — and he was very shy — was overcome . |
| 10 | Simple laboratory tests were able to show the acutely toxic effects of large doses of organochlorines , but it took years for high concentrations to accumulate in belugas that had consumed large quantities of lightly-contaminated food . |
| 11 | They were mostly wrong , but it took several years to find out . |
| 12 | At Lord 's , Fowler and Lloyd and Gower again made some runs , but it took thirty Extras to help their total to 196 . |
| 13 | I was on to the exchange for your name and number as soon as the news came through , but it took me an hour and a half to bully someone into looking up where the phone-box was . |
| 14 | I remember THE FACE coming out very well — but it took me two years to make the cover . ’ |
| 15 | ‘ The device looks simple , but it took a long time to find companies that could make it , ’ he says . |
| 16 | But it took some while for the tractors to become available in other markets . |
| 17 | But it took a hard head to be so . |
| 18 | Cayard was recalled instantly by the committee but it took them 40 seconds to hoist the French recall signal , by which time they were well up the track . |
| 19 | Gradually , the Services backs began to gel , but it took a fine individual try by Hull to reduce the deficit . |
| 20 | The blaze commenced one lunchtime when few people were in the premises , so there was no loss of life , but it took a long time for the blaze to be brought under control and some days before the firemen were able to be sure that there was no risk of further outbreaks of fire . |
| 21 | But it took the form of an insufferable élitist arrogance , a blanket rejection of ‘ Victorian taste ’ , largely because it was bourgeois , emotional , and — most reprehensible of all — popular , even with the masses . |
| 22 | But it took time to develop interest . |
| 23 | This description was entirely correct , but it took nearly 50 years to work out exactly how the different parts fitted together . |
| 24 | The old lady was quite sprightly for her age but it took a long time for them both to reach the top floor . |
| 25 | There had been a fairground at South Shore in the Nineties , but it took the efforts of W. G. Bean to create an American-style amusement park . |
| 26 | It was 2,926 yards long and 14 feet wide , but it took only 3 years to complete because of more advanced engineering methods . |
| 27 | The Shorthorn/Highland first cross has always been popular but it took the concerted efforts of the three Cadzow brothers on an island off the west coast of Scotland to consolidate the virtues of the cross and turn it into a genuine breed , the Luing , named after the island of its origin . |
| 28 | Mind you , the accountant , C.J. Broderick , soon saw what was happening , but it took the best part of a year to re-arrange matters so that the newspaper could save money by hiring me back at $28 per week . |
| 29 | It was marvellous that it was all over , but it took some time to sink in , and in any event had no immediate effect on most of us . |
| 30 | In fact , mahogany had been known in England since Sir Walter Raleigh 's day but it took the French ban for it to become popular . |