Example sentences of "it took [pron] nearly [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It took me nearly twenty minutes to talk her out of the loo , finally having to promise that Nevil was not a friend , that he would n't call the police and that there would be no need for Mr and Mrs Binkworthy to know anything untoward had happened that afternoon . |
| 2 | It took them nearly ten minutes to reach the top of the house . |
| 3 | It took him nearly two hours to find the hole into the mine . |
| 4 | It took him nearly eleven months to die , at Providence Place , Lady Pool Lane , his Birmingham home , on 12 March 1872 . |
| 5 | The snow was almost knee-deep ; it took him nearly ten minutes to reach the hedge at the other side of the field . |
| 6 | ‘ It took us nearly ten years and we had to jump through massive hoops . |
| 7 | And no doubt next time we do a piece on East Anglian rock — it took us nearly 40 years to do this one , so the next one should be in 2032 — we promise to be nice to Ipswich . |