Example sentences of "it [vb past] i two [noun] [verb] " in BNC.

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1 It took me two hours to paint out the damage that Sweetman had caused to our hull .
2 It took me two minutes to realise what a bunch of inaddo wimps the hacks who had managed to destroy the NME 's ridiculously high punk circulation were .
3 It took me two minutes to decide .
4 But the guilt would not go away : I omitted the incident from the log and it took me two years to own up to it .
5 He added : ‘ Scotland manager Andy Roxburgh said to me after the European Championship in Sweden , ‘ You 'll be surprised how you feel — it took me two years to feel they were my players . ’
6 I remember THE FACE coming out very well — but it took me two years to make the cover . ’
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