Sentence examples for it took a slice from inspiring English sources

Indeed it took a slice of luck to break the deadlock on 23 minutes.

She shows where she ran over herself with the Flymo and it took a slice off the top of her boot cap, just like my dad did to our pet tortoise … but that's another story.

It took a slice of good fortune for Burnley to get back into the game at the start of the second period, with none of the officials spotting Boyd was in an offside position when he got the slightest of touches to Ings' shot before it squeezed under Joe Hart.

Zicasso can provide this service for free because it takes a slice of the commission from agents.

It took an unexpected slice of fortune, when Czech goalkeeper Jan Lastuvka, deputising for the injured Chelsea stopper Petr Cech, gifted Miller the opening goal right on half-time with a botched attempted save.

All they know is that this particular pie was on the shelf for a year and that they don't know whether anyone took a slice of it.

Good old Jared Leto took a slice for his mum.

Finally, someone cracked open a pizza box and took a slice.

All the while it takes a growing slice of the national betting market, a market that Fletcher says by qualification is static, growing only in line with population.

Ritual, for example, lets restaurants who onboard Ritual customers themselves keep the full transaction for a purchase, while it takes a small slice off other transactions.

You'd expect that, when the social network wants to make a bigger sticker splash, it would take a slice of stickers sale — although Facebook could also monetize from brands that pay it to allow them to offer stickers to raise awareness, a move that could become particularly important if/when brands are given dedicated accounts on Messenger and can interact directly with users.