Example sentences of "it took [det] than [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Zambia achieved political independence without a prolonged conflict , but in Zimbabwe it took more than a decade of military and political struggle to overthrow white minority rule . |
| 2 | It took more than a month to find and sign a contract with another company to complete the remaining work . |
| 3 | It took more than an hour to control the blaze at the former Langham Hotel . |
| 4 | A police officer said his corpse was so charred and mutilated that it took more than an hour to identify it . |
| 5 | A police officer said his corpse was so charred and mutilated that it took more than an hour to identify it . |
| 6 | AT the magistrates court it took more than an hour to read out all the charges . |
| 7 | ‘ Sn-snuggled … ? ’ she spluttered , but , when she thought about it — and with the memory so recent , it took less than a second — she had to concede that perhaps ‘ snuggled ’ was n't so very far off the mark . |