Example sentences of "[to-vb] [conj] it took " in BNC.
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| 1 | I once garnered a useful titbit about Indian life from a documentary about the highest balloon flight in the world because I happened to see that it took place in the centre of the Indian sub-continent where the air can be particularly still . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | The Vimy was a heavy machine to handle and it took Jack all his strength to hold her steady . |
| 4 | I knew what I had to do but it took some courage to switch that light on , I can tell you . |
| 5 | It comes as no surprise to learn that it took director Peter Greenaway a very long time to find a film company that would consider his script for more than 30 seconds . |
| 6 | And it 's no exaggeration to say that it took years of sifting through the wreckage of myself to find a woman I could begin to take some pride in again . |
| 7 | And one day he shave it off , it took his wife three hours to notice and it took his mum all day to notice |