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Today I encountered this in a film discussion :

On the other, because Nolan is a psychological realist, he’s acutely aware of the toil such lives may take on those who choose to lead them…

Searching on “takes a toil on” yields scores of plausible examples, such as:

Now I don’t do that anymore because I realize it takes a toil on the health in the long run.
blog

The pressure the couple faces by reversing traditional roles soon takes a toil on them.
movie synopsis

I have had experience with dogs that need special care, surgery, etc. Not only is it very expensive, it takes a toil on your heart.
dog discussion

Surely it’s an eggcorn. “Toil” and “toll” both denote a sacrifice one makes to get somewhere.

Searching on “toil road” yields a few good ones, such as:

It was said that the new M4 motorway would be paid by the goverment, they were in talks to see what money they will get back from wales, it was suggested that the new M4 motorway will be a toil road
discussion thread

Some politician up there in Alabamy has got a toil road from Montgomery to PCB in the planning stages.
another discussion thread

It started just south of the town in the grasslands adjacent to the AP-7 toil road at around 2.00 in the afternoon and spread up the coast past the town…
fire report

I think “toil road” is eggcornish too. They all used to have toll-takers, so someone was toiling, as opposed to an ordinary road that functions unattended.

Searching on “toiling bells” yields:

The ambiance of streets with sound of toiling bells from the churches in the air, makes everyone fill with joy.
photo caption

First presented in the Polish Pavilion at the 55th International Art Exhibition – la Biennale di Venezia, the sound object is primarily based on the manipulation of the sound of toiling bells.
music description

The bells continued to toil and no one came.
fan fiction

When bells are ringing they are doing their work; they are toiling.

Of course I had to see if it’s a round-tripper. Searching on “tolling hard” yielded:

This is what seems to be the driving force and keeps on cajoling the artists to keep on tolling hard to strive for the success that could transform them into a commercial star.
movie article

So each week, we give the mic to your art house games, your retro titles and anything else created by gifted brothers and sisters tolling hard behind garage doors.
gaming article

Some streams had but a dribble of gold, some could keep a miner tolling hard at work separating gold from the gravel for decades.
gold article

Last edited by Dixon Wragg (2014-11-26 00:47:20)