Example sentences of "it take [num] [noun] for [noun] " in BNC.

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1 It takes 16 days for Landsat 's instruments to build up a global picture .
2 It takes ten years for eels to reach maturity and return to their spawning grounds .
3 It took four years for Edouard to discover the one aspect of his life the columnists had never suspected : he was lonely .
4 It took fifteen days for telegrams to get from Moscow to Tsaritsyn during the Famine .
5 Two hundred years ago it took five days for news to get from Paris to Strasbourg .
6 It took two years for Rome to recover Britain and repair its defences .
7 It took forty years for Dronfield to recover to its 1881 level .
8 Why has it taken forty years for agriculture to be incorporated .
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