Example sentences of "it take the [noun] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | After that , it took the agents four days to extract a confession from their prisoner on the USS Butte before turning him over to the US Navy for the 13 hour 10 minute flight to Washington , a new solo record for a carrier-based aircraft carrying a second-hand car dealer . |
| 2 | It took the Belgians six hours to rush to the defence of the Red Cross compound and by that time the fighting was over . |
| 3 | The second in line to the throne was still known officially as ‘ Baby Wales ’ and it took the couple several days of discussion before they arrived at a name . |
| 4 | It took the English eleven days to discover where they were ; they planned an attack on the encampment , but were dissuaded and the only military action was a surprise move by the Earl of Douglas against the English camp . |
| 5 | It took the country 100 days to form a government after the elections last November , when a surge of votes for maverick parties — the Greens on the left , and the Flemish nationalist Vlaams Blok on the far right — deprived the ruling coalition of its majority . |
| 6 | The working was booked to stop at Colwyn Bay , Llandudno Junction and Llandudno , and worked from block to block until Muspratt 's Sidings when it took the Down Fast line and having got clear signals , proceeded to try to make up time . |
| 7 | It 'ad so much of the happy juice inside him , it took the hare three laps to catch it up . |
| 8 | It took the Colonel four hours at the console of the master computer in Riyadh . |
| 9 | Slaying Orthodox Christians , Jews and Moslems with great impartiality on their way , it took the crusaders two years to reach Jerusalem . |