Example sentences of "[adv] it took [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Waiting her turn , trying not to feel overwhelmed by the noise in the bustling concourse , Chesarynth watched how long it took each person ahead of her . |
| 2 | He then watched to see how long it took another pair to occupy the two kinds of territory . |
| 3 | Nevertheless it took many centuries for Edinburgh to become unequivocally the royal and national capital . |
| 4 | Previously it had taken Ford 14 hours to assemble a car ; now it took 93 minutes . |
| 5 | Now it took several years for er the new incentive scheme to be introduced throughout the whole of the works and I think during my last discussion you know , I did indicate that the fitters for example , you know , were about the last group to go on . |
| 6 | Two hundred years ago it took five days for news to get from Paris to Strasbourg . |
| 7 | ‘ I spotted the old Humber while I was on duty and at first thought it would take me a couple of years to restore — but eventually it took seven ! |
| 8 | So maybe it took one minute more than it should as the crow flies . |
| 9 | Nevertheless AFHQ was not informed that the Croats had been turned back until the morning of 16 May , and even then it took some time for the information to be fully taken in by all branches concerned . |
| 10 | stated that it was nice to hear from the USA , and emphasised that there it took four years to qualify as an embalmer and wondered what students would think of that . |
| 11 | Instead it took five . |
| 12 | Yet it took ten years for the pope to arrive at the point he had desired in 1199 , where he could treat the parties as equals , the one and the other , alterum et alterum as he says , and make his decision in Rome . |
| 13 | Therefore it took some time to penetrate the Boardrooms of British industry , because many of the early headhunters did not really speak the businessmen 's language . |