Example sentences of "it took [adv] [conj] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It took less than two years for the computer to change from being perceived as a threat and as something only big businesses would use to something one buys for doing income tax . |
| 2 | It took less than ten minutes to register how rich and distinctive Hannah 's land was — possibly the least improved meadows in upland Durham in fact . |
| 3 | It took more than two hours to control the flames at the Publicity Blinds factory on Regent Street in Northampton . |
| 4 | It took more than 40 years for that memorial to be raised , near the place where Raoul Wallenberg 's car was found after his disappearance into Russian hands . |
| 5 | It took more and more gin and wine to shut the words up , pick out the barbs . |