Example sentences of "taken year " in BNC.
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| 1 | This could have taken years , so the President decided on more drastic action . |
| 2 | It must have taken years and years — ? |
| 3 | He said it had taken years . |
| 4 | Again , it has taken years of painstaking research to enable us to emulate devices which other creatures make regular use of in their everyday lives . |
| 5 | The combination of a typewriter that has taken years of heavy battering and a piece of guillotined paper of a non-standard size suggest that rather strongly . ’ |
| 6 | During the Hungarian revolt of 1790 against the innovations of Joseph II the new registers of land titles ( an essential tool of modern government which had taken years of labour to complete ) were ceremonially burnt to the accompaniment of music , drinking , feasting and general rejoicing . |
| 7 | Harley O. Staggers , a Democratic member of the House for West Virginia , initiating a bill proposing a point-of-sale background check which , whilst on the face of it more stringent than the Brady bill , was full of loopholes and would have taken years to implement . |
| 8 | It 's overnight success though that has taken years of dedication to achieve . |
| 9 | The resources of the Communications Compound would be stretched to the limit , sending instantaneous pictures by satellite to destinations which Marco Polo and Captain Cook had taken years to reach . |
| 10 | Although patients need to be protected from risk , we must be sure that the precautions taken are justified and that social support networks that have taken years to develop are not unnecessarily shattered . |
| 11 | It 's a difficult thing , this has taken years to get objectives and every time the old . |
| 12 | ‘ No , that 's Kit , my sister — taken years ago when she got engaged . |
| 13 | It 's taken years of research and development to win the order . |
| 14 | ‘ Without their local knowledge and contacts it would have taken years for us to achieve what we have managed in a few months , ’ said . |
| 15 | He said , it 's bloody wonderful you said , it 's taken years off you and I said thank you . |