Example sentences of "took more than [art] [noun] [verb] " in BNC.

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1 It took more than a month to find and sign a contract with another company to complete the remaining work .
2 It took more than an hour to control the blaze at the former Langham Hotel .
3 A police officer said his corpse was so charred and mutilated that it took more than an hour to identify it .
4 A police officer said his corpse was so charred and mutilated that it took more than an hour to identify it .
5 Police and firefighters took more than an hour to free the bodies from the wreckage .
6 AT the magistrates court it took more than an hour to read out all the charges .
7 The march of uniformed members took more than an hour to pass the saluting base .
8 The operation , which started just after 8pm , took more than an hour to complete .
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