I'd get promotion if I took a post there.

如果我在那里工作，我就会得到晋升。

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It took her ages to get over her illness.

她花了很长时间才把病治好。

《牛津词典》

It took hours to get the house straight.

用了好半天才把房子收拾出来。

《牛津词典》

Harper took his band on the road last year as part of the effort to get young people to vote.

VOA: special.2009.05.08

So it took a long time for the twenty books that we have to get settled on. And we'll talk about how that actually happened,also,still.

所以很长一段时间之后那27本书,才最终被确定下来，我们会谈及,那是如何实现的。

耶鲁公开课 - 新约课程节选

It's not infrequent that i'll get one or even two people raising their hand that they took Economics 252 from me.

有的时候会有一两个人,举起手说,他们上过我的经济学252号课

耶鲁公开课 - 金融市场课程节选

The elevator door opened on the next floor and a women looking to get in took in the scene.

FORBES: These Are the Stories that Change Everything

Sent me to town in his car to get tar and took the gas out my pay.

NEWYORKER: Idols

John Andrew from contractors Raynesway said it took 45 vehicles to get the crane on site and it took a week to put it together.

BBC: Motorway to close for new bridge