Example sentences of "it take about [adj] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Backing up your data is vital , so book a lunch date if you choose level two , because it takes about one minute per megabyte of hard disk space to set up . |
| 2 | It takes about one hour for the mite to bury itself in the skin . |
| 3 | For most people , it takes about one hour for the liver to reduce blood alcohol by 15ml/100ml . |
| 4 | It takes about one hour for the alcohol from a drink to reach its peak concentration in the blood . |
| 5 | Well it took about six month with me arguing and arguing and arguing . |
| 6 | It took about six weeks for the fever to go and then we got sulphur candles to fumigate the house from top to bottom . |
| 7 | It took about nine days for them completely to stop eating green eggs , but they continued to enjoy the ordinary white egg . |
| 8 | It took about nine months of planning from start to finish on the one project we did . |
| 9 | And it took about two minutes to twig what I was going on about ! |
| 10 | It took about three months of him distressing me before I read it . |
| 11 | It took about three months for me to realise how she did it . |