21.   The Manchurian winter took its toll on both sides.

22.   The passing years took their toll, of course, and he did go into a Decline when Grandmother died.

23.   The relentless grind of hard labour and ill-health had taken its toll on Booth.

24.   The strain of working long hours under the constant threat of robbery took its toll on the family.

25.   The survey suggests that all of this competitive fervor is taking a toll, and that financial pressures are paramount.

26.   This naturally takes a toll on intellectual honesty.

27.   This too has taken its toll on the traditional freedoms of university life.

28.   Thus all the lights began at once to flash, and the days took their toll.

29.   Two years of short-lived study plans and short-term jobs, two years of going nowhere, had taken their toll.