Example sentences of "it [verb] [noun] ten " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although a phenomenal critical and box-office success , it took Stone ten years to raise the finance , eventually obtaining it through the British Hemdale company . |
| 2 | It took Maggie ten minutes to get herself sorted out , then she and Susan were off , heading towards the kinema . |
| 3 | It took Richard ten months ; having set out filled with enthusiasm and burning ambition , the whole of the journey was fraught with disasters and setbacks . |
| 4 | The well was very deep , about fifty metres down and it took Jennifer ten minutes to complete the task of lowering and raising the bucket . |
| 5 | ‘ If you are bullied and you cry it makes things ten times worse . |