Example sentences of "it take [adj] days " in BNC.

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1 It takes 4 days , following a very beautiful rocky and indented coast .
2 It takes four days to complete one orbit of Earth .
3 He says , no it takes thirty days to get here .
4 It takes 16 days for Landsat 's instruments to build up a global picture .
5 Usually it takes three days , but in a hurry … . ’
6 It is very large and to reach it takes three days and nights .
7 Well we 're not bathing him again it takes three days to dry him
8 IT TAKES 150 days to produce a Brooks saddle .
9 To get legal authorization to open a newspaper kiosk or a small store , it takes 43 days of paperwork and costs $590 in fees and lost work time .
10 It took four days for the company to identify the real cause .
11 It took eight days to restore normal service in the area .
12 It took many days of calm slow work to reduce his expectation of galloping and consequently reduce his degree of pulling .
13 It took 44 days , rather than the scheduled 20 , to travel the 50 km to Lebong Hitam .
14 It took fifteen days for telegrams to get from Moscow to Tsaritsyn during the Famine .
15 It took fifteen days to try : the summing-up lasted for a day : the jury returned thirteen special verdicts .
16 It took six days to replace the locks on the car , and all the while I was worrying that the thieves might try to steal it .
17 Two hundred years ago it took five days for news to get from Paris to Strasbourg .
18 It took two days for us to get to Rome where the tournament was being played , and of course I had n't got a bag .
19 It took two days to find out that neither man was going to admit to anything .
20 Belgium , he remarked , was a state addicted to backstairs deals and perpetual campaigning , where it took 100 days just to form a government .
21 He also admits to having a streak of the trainspotter in him , and it took three days ploughing through his extensive record collection before he finally managed to produce a top ten .
22 Kept under police guard day and night , it took three days to reassemble the building and its contents .
23 It took three days to reach the town of Clujnapoca , where the generator was loaded on to a romanian aid wagon for the final stage of the journey .
24 It took three days to clear up the damage to the River Windrush at Witney in Oxfordshire .
25 He moans : ‘ It took three days to record one 30 minute Hot Shoe Show , whereas it takes one day to film a game show .
26 It took several days to confirm the outbreak and the unit was not closed until a week later .
27 It took 21 days to get to Basra , through the Suez Canal , down the Red Sea ( that was not ) sharp left at Aden and up the Persian Gulf .
28 It took seven days for the swelling to subside completely and a note of the allergy was made in her nursing and medical notes .
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