Example sentences of "it took [adv] a few [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It took just a few instants for him to realise that the huddled figure was Mayli Koulo . |
| 2 | Dana Gillespie : ‘ DeFries always thought that in order for us to absorb musical culture as it should be from America , we should actually go and live in America , and it took quite a few months for it all to be organized . |
| 3 | It took only a few minutes to pack their belongings . |
| 4 | It took only a few minutes for the Doctor to break down and analyse the strangely oily powder , using the lateral molecular rectifier to be absolutely certain . |
| 5 | It took only a few minutes to run to the kitchen and request Agnes Diggory to take Lady Merchiston 's luncheon tray straight upstairs when it was ready , and then Theda passed out of the house into the early warmth of a sunny April day , Hector charging ahead . |
| 6 | As the launch and the bows of the sinking yacht were now almost level it took only a few seconds to transfer the six survivors — another had joined the group of five that Talbot had seen — aboard the launch . |
| 7 | It took only a few seconds to order six droids and a goods transporter to the 65th level cargo bay . |
| 8 | It took only a few seconds for Benny to rush on and spot her unknowing guides . |