Example sentences of "took [adj] days [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I took 2 days off work before my baby was born , and on the third day my life suddenly changed and it seemed that all of my well laid plans would go to waste . |
| 2 | The 130-km journey from Belgrade to Kragujevac took three days on horseback and five by horse-drawn carriage , but in 1814 only Miloš , the metropolitan and the Turkish governor had such vehicles . |
| 3 | The filming , which resulted in an eight-minute segment took three days from 8am to 7pm each day and standing in fire gear in the freezing , draughty shell of a building is not Hollywood . |
| 4 | It took many days of calm slow work to reduce his expectation of galloping and consequently reduce his degree of pulling . |
| 5 | It took fifteen days for telegrams to get from Moscow to Tsaritsyn during the Famine . |
| 6 | Two hundred years ago it took five days for news to get from Paris to Strasbourg . |
| 7 | The 86 foot long piece of equipment took five days to be transported from Teesside , requiring an abnormal load permit and police escorts from each of the seven counties , covering its route . |
| 8 | It took four days for the company to identify the real cause . |
| 9 | The usual route was through Pamplona , Logroño , Santo Domingo de la Calzada , Burgos , Frómista , León and Astorga ; bridges were constructed where necessary and information given to pilgrims to assist their journey , which generally took 14 days from Roncevaux in the Pyrenees . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | It took seven days for the swelling to subside completely and a note of the allergy was made in her nursing and medical notes . |