Example sentences of "took just [num] " in BNC.

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1 According to the report , if BBC TV took just two minutes of commercials per hour , it could earn £334 million by the end of the decade .
2 I 've also been in the situation at Old Trafford where we took just two points out of last 12 and still only lost the title by four points . ’
3 As a result , when Steven was born that same year , she took just two weeks off .
4 CARLISLE 'S George Oghani took just two minutes to hit the back of the net .
5 The flight to Munich took just two hours .
6 The judge , who took just 45 minutes to decide on the sentences , said he accepted Fraser was a drug addict who had admitted what he had done .
7 The jury took just thirty five minutes to find Mr Kidd not guilty .
8 She took just six months off with the birth of each of her sons , now 11 and 14 .
9 On adjacent courts , Amanda Brown — the former Wightman Cup player — shone as she romped to victory over Queen 's No. 1 Alison Grant 6–1 6–1 , while team mate Judy Rich — who this time last year led the Queen 's attack — took just four games more to defeat Karen Cass in the other singles rubber .
10 In seven Tests at headquarters between 1983 and 1989 , Foster took just 14 wickets at 44 runs apiece .
11 It took just five days for ‘ Meat Is Murder ’ to give Rough Trade their first number one album .
12 Landscaping was kept to a minimum and construction took just five months .
13 Pitching : on one wild and windy night it took just five minutes to put up the inner .
14 Neil Fairbrother 's side took just five bonus points , and the Red Rose skipper will be hoping for better luck in the four-day match against Sussex at Old Trafford on Thursday .
15 It was an explosive cocktail and it took just one spark to bring on her illness .
16 It took just one of the party girls to drift by and break up his life .
17 The Warwickshire pair , Paul Booth and Paul Smith , took just one wicket between them , and it was left to the veteran coloured bowler , Johnny Hendriks , to emerge as Stellenbosch 's top performer with four for 20 .
18 He took just three wickets for 76.66 each at an average of 4.42 runs an over .
19 Carry On Columbus — a £2.25 million quickie , which took just 30 days to make and , Carry On fans will be delighted to learn , is as cheeky and irreverent as ever .
20 During this interview Vine-Lott demonstrated a typical branch-derived execution-only trade which took just 90 seconds from the call coming into BSL 's Glasgow office to being completed , including confirmation from the customer that the price was satisfactory .
21 In 1969 he took just seven wickets , before retiring .
22 The tour took just 15 minutes — and then came the moment on which Lynsey 's destiny hinged .
23 Manhandling the aeroplane down the slipway on an old flat-bed trolley , five of us took just twenty minutes to get the big beast bobbing happily on the briny .
24 It took just ten seconds to transfer the limp bodies .
25 With the help of Haslington and Sandbach Knitting Clubs it took just ten days to fill 18 large bin liners and two machines were donated as well .
26 This knackering of one of the world 's most coveted cars took just ten laps .
27 Indeed , the only good thing about their confrontation against Sukova and Novotna is that it took just 50 minutes to complete , with the established Czech combination sweeping to a 6-2 , 6-2 victory and a place in the semi-finals against the United States .
28 The second set took just 24 minutes as Ivanisevic lost only four points on serve , banged down eight aces and broke Sampras 's serve twice .
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