Example sentences of "[noun] it took [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But in the split second it took Angel Two to cover the few feet between them , Grant reflexively pulled the trigger of the shotgun . |
| 2 | erm I can not see , and this is where I part company with Peter Williamson to some extent , I can not see any reason why his data should be regarded as showing that when the sudden change did take place it took place for any reason other than natural selection within a single population . |
| 3 | After the service it took time for the galleries to empty . |
| 4 | On each occasion it took time to warm a new ball . |
| 5 | Despite a string of appearances from the bench it took Watson more than a year to open his account , finally breaking his duck in the 2-1 second leg win over Spora in Luxembourg in the last round . |
| 6 | When we arrived in Lima it took time to go through the formalities . |
| 7 | Knowing that the carp will not have as much energy as when I first hooked it , I pile on the pressure in no uncertain terms , and the fish swings round and immediately makes for the same lily bed it took refuge in previously . |
| 8 | That part at least is uncontested , but for various complex legal reasons it took Thomas , an executor of the will , nine months to get probate . |
| 9 | The Picture that had so nearly secured its hold faded from the refracting blankness in the instant it took Harry to realize what it was that Kingdom wanted from him . |
| 10 | In the end , and to add to the injustices he had already suffered , Meehan was obliged to wait five years , which was the time it took Lord Hunter to complete and publish his report . |
| 11 | In the time it took Nick to arrive Harriet forced herself to wash and change into a clean sweatshirt , though the most mundane of everyday actions seemed a huge effort . |
| 12 | I saw a school essay containing the word ‘ yrnetn ’ for wire netting ; and only the other day the Independent Magazine carried an advertisement for Philips Dictation Systems with the interesting sentence : ‘ In the time it took Dickens to write A Tale of Two Cities he could of told us a dozen more . ’ |
| 13 | This involved combining the current running costs of the plant with the cost of capital investment at the time it took place , many years before . |
| 14 | At least , in those extraordinary days between Hiroshima and the declaration of Vietnamese independence , hardly anyone , except the French garrison who were still imprisoned , first by the Japanese and then by the Vietminh , could be found to contradict this assumption of power and by the time it took place , or at least was claimed , another thread in the French connection had been broken . |
| 15 | The weekly ritual slaughter was too gory a ceremony for her to watch , though every time it took place she was reminded of how it always fascinated her daughters when they were children . |
| 16 | The Court of Appeal doubted the validity of trespass ab initio , as it meant that lawful acts could be made unlawful by subsequent events and the lawfulness of an act should be judged at the time it took place . |
| 17 | No problem to Lucy , who kept smiling through , witty and charming , zipping through three courses of creative cuisine into a smart frock and an atomised squirt of Coty L'Amant in the time it took Martin and ‘ the gang ’ to get home . |