Example sentences of "took him three " in BNC.
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| 1 | It took him three attempts to insert the key into the padlock . |
| 2 | The journey of about 50 miles took him three days . |
| 3 | It took him three years . |
| 4 | It took him three years before prices were increased adequately to meet the needs of the business . |
| 5 | It took him three or four minutes to realise that this was Saturday and that there was no one there . |
| 6 | It took him three quarters of an hour to get us there . |