Example sentences of "took a further [num] " in BNC.

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1 Despite the Royal Commission 's recommendations , their complete absorption by the National Health Service took a further twenty-six years .
2 It took a further five days for America 's ‘ quick-reaction force ’ of marines and helicopters to turn up .
3 It took a further five minutes before Blenkinsop made it to the phone , but to Amiss 's relief , he appeared to be both sober and reasonable : indeed he was giving a rather creditable imitation of a normal club secretary .
4 The descent to Base Camp took a further two days .
5 It took a further two decades before ‘ the elderly ’ were once more to experience the high profile that they had achieved in the debates of the 1940s and 1950s concerning their position and role in the economy .
6 It took a further eight years before classes got under way , and then only in medicine , and it was not till well into the 1850s that it became really established .
7 It took a further eight months before Barlow Clowes was closed down .
8 Ian Tonkin clocked 12 mins. 58 to improve 16 positions and Owen Pettifor took a further ten with 12 mins. 59 .
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