Example sentences of "it [verb] take they [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Piggotts reached the final in 1979 at their second attempt and it has taken them 13 years to get as close again . |
| 2 | It had taken them two weeks to break the complex code , but it had been worth it . |
| 3 | It had taken them four days to cover the hundred-odd miles and they 'd commanded attention from Larling to Epping . |
| 4 | They 've just reached the half way stage of the project but it 's taken them five years to get this far . |
| 5 | It 's taken them two years . |
| 6 | It 's taken them twenty years |