Sentence examples for it took old from inspiring English sources

It took old Yankee blood, an overwhelming aversion to possessions, four years of Harvard and 25 years of beating the living hell out of my insides with bad hooch and bad food.

In short, it was an extraordinary team effort in the face of adversity that won the 34th America's Cup: it took old-fashioned sporting qualities to find and exploit what became a decisive technical edge.

The new evidence suggests that fast growth of young ranges may not be unusual, and it could force geologists to reevaluate how long it took older mountain ranges such as the Appalachians to sprout.

Even amid a rather middling labor market back then, it took older unemployed workers on average almost three months less to find a new job than it does now.

It takes old utility bills, the square foot measurement of the building, a few other bits of information and crunches all this into a percentile rating.

In the time it takes old detective Mac to traipse around all those country towns in search of a missing bicyclist in "The Valley of Fear," Holmes solves the entire crime without leaving the room where the murder occurred.

The reasons why it takes older workers longer to find new jobs are well known.

For starters, it takes old-economy power to keep many of the new-economy nodes of connection open.

However, it takes older users longer to develop, perhaps because their worries over security are more pronounced.

It takes old-fashioned dance-craze R&B and James Brown showmanship through the looking glass via a disorientating array of studio trickery.

Ultimately, it takes old-fashioned business acumen to reach the point of critical mass and take advantage of network economics.