Example sentences of "[pron] take [pers pn] several [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Their work was hampered when a large boulder blocking their way was moved , resulting in a further fall of shale which took them several hours to remove . |
| 2 | It took them several years to prepare the area . |
| 3 | It took him several minutes before he could talk . |
| 4 | Apple Computer Inc chief John Sculley reckons it is essential for the head of a computer company to have a clear grasp of technological directions and acknowledged that it took him several years before he felt confident to take strategic decisions . |
| 5 | Designing experiments to check these possibilities is n't easy , and it took us several years , through the early 1970s , to try to eliminate one after the other . |