Example sentences of "took them [adj] days " in BNC.
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| 1 | It took them 289 days of bureaucratic proceedings , and they were forced to pay two bribes ( out of 10 solicited ) . |
| 2 | It took them two days before they reached human habitation . |
| 3 | When ARA famine officials went from Kazan' to Simbirsk in the autumn of 1921 , it took them four days to cover 150 miles . |
| 4 | It took them three days to get there via Dover , Calais , a train to Paris , and finally a coach to Monte Carlo . |
| 5 | It took them three days and they came up with nothing . |
| 6 | Scott 's men were slower than Amundsen 's ; it took them twenty-four days to get to 80° South . |