Example sentences of "[adv] it took [adj] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nevertheless it took many centuries for Edinburgh to become unequivocally the royal and national capital . |
| 2 | Now it took several years for er the new incentive scheme to be introduced throughout the whole of the works and I think during my last discussion you know , I did indicate that the fitters for example , you know , were about the last group to go on . |
| 3 | Two hundred years ago it took five days for news to get from Paris to Strasbourg . |
| 4 | Nevertheless AFHQ was not informed that the Croats had been turned back until the morning of 16 May , and even then it took some time for the information to be fully taken in by all branches concerned . |
| 5 | Yet it took ten years for the pope to arrive at the point he had desired in 1199 , where he could treat the parties as equals , the one and the other , alterum et alterum as he says , and make his decision in Rome . |