Example sentences of "it [verb] [num] minutes [to-vb] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It takes 10 minutes to reach the arch , slogging through the filth and scum . |
| 2 | , Your aircraft is cruising at a TAS of 120 knots and you find it takes 47 minutes to cover the eighty nautical mile leg from Bembridge to Lydd . |
| 3 | The Whitehall switchboard was a model of inefficiency as usual , and it took twelve minutes to try the various rooms and people who might know . |
| 4 | It took five minutes to establish the link , and for the operator to get out Delaney 's short message requesting an abort due to extreme winds in the drop zone . |
| 5 | In the end it took ten minutes to get the Cambridgeshire police Land Rover turned past McLeish 's squad and their vans , and away back up to the stable . |
| 6 | Mr Jones , who was accompanied sub-officer James Gibson , said it took ten minutes to complete the rescue operation . |
| 7 | It took three minutes to erect the inner tent on its first outing but because it was raining constantly , the inner was a little wet before I had a chance to put the flysheet over . |