Example sentences of "it took [pron] [adv] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And I tell you what , it took me probably another couple of years to get out of that . |
| 2 | It took me nearly twenty minutes to talk her out of the loo , finally having to promise that Nevil was not a friend , that he would n't call the police and that there would be no need for Mr and Mrs Binkworthy to know anything untoward had happened that afternoon . |
| 3 | It took me about six months to even be able to hear what he 'd done ; I just could n't relate to it because I had so many preconceptions about what I thought it should be . |
| 4 | And of Thompson , he added : ‘ It took me about two years to buy Thompson from Slough . |
| 5 | It took me about two weeks to catch up with the loss . |
| 6 | Well one of the great lessons of life is of course you ca n't have everything you want all at the same time it took me about sixty years to learn that . |
| 7 | It took me about ten days to work my way into it , after that I found it very acceptable . |
| 8 | It took me about three hours to get six stops . |
| 9 | It took me about three hours to do my homework so I was very tired after everything . |
| 10 | It took me about three months , perhaps longer , three to six months before I realised that I was dependent on it . |
| 11 | It took me about three seconds to realize that no human agency would ever get the ball out that way and without thinking I withdrew my hands , braced both thumbs behind the angle of the lower jaw and pushed . |
| 12 | It has everything you need to control your stock and invoices and is the ideal package for the small business , due to its ease of use , it took me only five minutes to get to grips with the program . |
| 13 | it took me quite some time to cross that road ; |
| 14 | Bright little creature — it took her just three minutes to work this out as her antennae fluttered in the sudden sweet smelling breeze . |
| 15 | Sinking down on her bed , she found that it took her quite some time to get herself more of one piece . |
| 16 | It took them nearly ten minutes to reach the top of the house . |
| 17 | It took them just 93 minutes yesterday to wrap up a crushing 10-wicket win , with Akram taking three wickets in 14 balls and Smith left high and dry on 84 . |
| 18 | It took them almost twenty minutes to get out of the building as they fielded congratulations along the way . |
| 19 | But er to their credit er they got the contractors in and they commenced by putting up new pillars and new roofing structures and it took them about twelve months I think to actually build a new machine shop . |
| 20 | It took them only 10 minutes to break the deadlock with Seamus Duffy curling home a direct free kick after a handball offence from 25 yards . |
| 21 | In the light of their two powerful flashlights visibility was all that could be wished for and it took them only two minutes to carry out their examination : unless one is looking for some obscure mechanical fault there is very little to look for in an engine-room . |
| 22 | It took him just five hours , included 29 fours , and took him past 4,000 Test runs ( a milestone Botham had passed earlier in the game ) . |
| 23 | It took him nearly two hours to find the hole into the mine . |
| 24 | It took him nearly eleven months to die , at Providence Place , Lady Pool Lane , his Birmingham home , on 12 March 1872 . |
| 25 | The snow was almost knee-deep ; it took him nearly ten minutes to reach the hedge at the other side of the field . |
| 26 | It was obvious he was good , it was obvious he should be in FI , but somehow he dallied and twiddled and procrastinated and did n't get around to it seriously until he was thirty-six years old and then it took him only three years to become champion . |
| 27 | It took him only 33 balls . |
| 28 | But it took him almost five hours and contained just four fours . |
| 29 | But it took him almost five hours and contained just four fours . |
| 30 | It took him about 150 hours to complete , and won him a City and Guilds senior award for excellence . |