Example sentences of "took [pers pn] [adj] days " in BNC.
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| 1 | It took me three days to decide that our life together was impossible . |
| 2 | It took them 289 days of bureaucratic proceedings , and they were forced to pay two bribes ( out of 10 solicited ) . |
| 3 | It took them two days before they reached human habitation . |
| 4 | When ARA famine officials went from Kazan' to Simbirsk in the autumn of 1921 , it took them four days to cover 150 miles . |
| 5 | It took them three days to get there via Dover , Calais , a train to Paris , and finally a coach to Monte Carlo . |
| 6 | It took them three days and they came up with nothing . |
| 7 | Scott 's men were slower than Amundsen 's ; it took them twenty-four days to get to 80° South . |
| 8 | Dear god , everything is so wrong , look , it took you six days to make the world , but does it say in the bible that it took you fifteen days to design it , oh no you just got up and decided to make the world . |
| 9 | Dear god , everything is so wrong , look , it took you six days to make the world , but does it say in the bible that it took you fifteen days to design it , oh no you just got up and decided to make the world . |
| 10 | It took him two days , making three journeys a day — down the slippery path through the forest , then a mile along the river-bank , across the permanent bridge and up through the fields to the village . |
| 11 | In spite of these disadvantages , Macmillan 's next exploit , in June 1842 , was to ride the seventy miles into Glasgow , a trip which took him two days and resulted in his being fined the sum of five shillings for causing a slight injury to a small girl who ran across his path . |
| 12 | The journey of about 50 miles took him three days . |
| 13 | The whole walk from Milngavie to Fort William took us six days . ’ |
| 14 | We 'd took incidentally which is not uninteresting it took us ten days to get to er Egypt , to get to Alexandria from er Plymouth , we went from Plymouth . |