Example sentences of "but it [vb past] [pers pn] [num] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | Cayard was recalled instantly by the committee but it took them 40 seconds to hoist the French recall signal , by which time they were well up the track . |
2 | I remember THE FACE coming out very well — but it took me two years to make the cover . ’ |
3 | ‘ I first met Julie when I walked into her gallery but it took me three years to walk out with her as my wife , ’ he says . |
4 | I did n't know what had been the last meal eaten before leaving South America but it took me twenty minutes to coathanger my way through it , and consequently I had missed breakfast . |
5 | But it hit me one day , he did n't care or he would have made that effort to come and see me and he did n't . |