Example sentences of "it took [num] minutes " in BNC.
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| 1 | Previously it had taken Ford 14 hours to assemble a car ; now it took 93 minutes . |
| 2 | It took four minutes to connect . |
| 3 | The Whitehall switchboard was a model of inefficiency as usual , and it took twelve minutes to try the various rooms and people who might know . |
| 4 | It took eight minutes , outside of the three minutes aimed at for a wait at ticket offices , but the charter makes no distinction or offer of compensation for that delay . |
| 5 | It took five minutes to establish the link , and for the operator to get out Delaney 's short message requesting an abort due to extreme winds in the drop zone . |
| 6 | A wizened butler opened the door to Topaz , but it took five minutes of heated argument before she was allowed to step over the threshold of Stone Towers . |
| 7 | But as it is as you say you know it took five minutes before it all happened in I find this very do n't you ? |
| 8 | It took thirty minutes for them to locate a frayed section of the Bridge ; force its weave apart with clamps and keep the gap open with plastic crates . |
| 9 | But it took 10 minutes to haul her out and attempts to revive her failed . |
| 10 | It took ten minutes of brisk walking to get my blood flowing again , my consciousness slowly returning from a journey beyond my body . |
| 11 | In the end it took ten minutes to get the Cambridgeshire police Land Rover turned past McLeish 's squad and their vans , and away back up to the stable . |
| 12 | It took ten minutes to reach Honey Cottage , with Yanto trying his best to scare the pants off Mary . |
| 13 | ‘ It took ten minutes to film and I was actually on TV for about six seconds . |
| 14 | Mr Jones , who was accompanied sub-officer James Gibson , said it took ten minutes to complete the rescue operation . |
| 15 | JB : There 's a bit of painting there on the wall that I rather like — well in fact I do like it , it took 20 minutes . |
| 16 | It took 20 minutes , four helpers , a Kama Sutra repositioning and the removal of one ski . |
| 17 | The incident last weekend happened just a few hundred yards from Bishop Auckland ambulance station , but it took 25 minutes for a vehicle to arrive from Durham City 12 miles away . |
| 18 | It took three minutes for a plain-clothes policeman to reach the booths , but all were empty . |
| 19 | ‘ I started heart massage but it took three minutes to get any sign of life . |
| 20 | It took three minutes to erect the inner tent on its first outing but because it was raining constantly , the inner was a little wet before I had a chance to put the flysheet over . |
| 21 | Twenty to anyway , gone twenty to when I was at , it took forty minutes . |
| 22 | It took 30 minutes of argument , a great deal of soothing of apparently hurt professional pride , and not a little money to persuade Chela that it was time to call it a night , alone . |
| 23 | Edward , given a private room , discovered the problem first hand : it took twenty minutes before he raised the operator , and another ten before he was talking to Flight Lieutenant Benson . |