Example sentences of "it [vb past] [adv] [adj] year [verb] " in BNC.
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1 | This description was entirely correct , but it took nearly 50 years to work out exactly how the different parts fitted together . |
2 | It took almost fifty years to deflect this falsification on to causes other than Newton 's theory . |
3 | It took almost two years to complete — but it was worth every bead of sweat . |
4 | It took almost twenty years to launch a new attempt to embody in formal texts some of humanity 's yearnings for effective restrictions on war . |
5 | Here , contamination with metals , says Battarbee , occurs ‘ about ten years before the first evidence of acidification ’ , which suggests that it took only ten years to exhaust the lake 's capacity to buffer pollution . |
6 | It was 2,926 yards long and 14 feet wide , but it took only 3 years to complete because of more advanced engineering methods . |
7 | I think it took about three years to get to a normal level . |
8 | So how can they do , and it took about ten years to build this |