Example sentences of "[coord] took [adj] year " in BNC.
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1 | The design used got started in 1988 and took five years to get a full multi-processor in such a small package . |
2 | The gallery was begun in 1865 , soon after the unification of northern Italy , and took thirteen years to complete . |
3 | The first tunnel was designed by James Brindley ( q.v. ) and took 11 years to complete , from 1766 to 1777 . |
4 | The hardwood forest trees in this picture were at least 100 feet tall and took 400 years to grow . |
5 | Work on the Chiltern Line , linking London with Banbury , Bicester and Aylesbury , began in 1903 and took 3 years to complete . |