Example sentences of "it [be] take [adj] [noun] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | John Fordham on the Miles Davis session it 's taken four years to release and the week 's other albums Twisting , teasing trumpet Jazz . |
| 2 | It 's taken 3 years to build . |
| 3 | The house is very charming but it 's taken 20 years to get to the present condition . |
| 4 | It 's taken ten years to convert the whole farm and today it offers a vision of what organic farms of the future could look like . |
| 5 | He confesses he found the book 's success unreal and it 's taken several years to find level ground again . |
| 6 | It 's taken 114 years to build up Blackwells from a one-room shop to today 's multi-million pound business . |
| 7 | He says that it 's taken twenty years to build up the business , but they 'll just have to start all over again . |
| 8 | It 's taken some time to construct . |
| 9 | Surprising though it may seem , although it is now well established that this is a serious problem with gliding , it is almost unknown in power flying circles or in the Air Force and it is taking many years to convince authorities . |
| 10 | It was to take eight years to produce the entire series . |