Example sentences of "[pron] [be] take [adj] years " in BNC.
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1 | In fact , it 's taken 4 years and £600 million to create to the new Peugeot 605 range . |
2 | It 's taken five years of your life , but at least you 're getting your just rewards now . ’ |
3 | It 's taken five years and sixty thousand pounds to get this far … half way . |
4 | John Fordham on the Miles Davis session it 's taken four years to release and the week 's other albums Twisting , teasing trumpet Jazz . |
5 | It 's taken 85 years for the Goodman family name to appear on one of their motorbikes , but looking at the HDS 1200 on the road , the wait has been well worthwhile . |
6 | It 's taken 3 years of planning , £16,000 in donations and bucketfuls of elbow grease to install the collection in the 12th century church and all for a parish of fewer than 700 people . |
7 | It 's taken 3 years to build . |
8 | The house is very charming but it 's taken 20 years to get to the present condition . |
9 | It 's taken ten years to convert the whole farm and today it offers a vision of what organic farms of the future could look like . |
10 | He confesses he found the book 's success unreal and it 's taken several years to find level ground again . |
11 | It 's taken 114 years to build up Blackwells from a one-room shop to today 's multi-million pound business . |
12 | It 's taken twenty years of work by volunteers.Tim Hurst reports . |
13 | He says that it 's taken twenty years to build up the business , but they 'll just have to start all over again . |
14 | Surprising though it may seem , although it is now well established that this is a serious problem with gliding , it is almost unknown in power flying circles or in the Air Force and it is taking many years to convince authorities . |
15 | It was to take eight years to produce the entire series . |
16 | It was to take several years and unexpected pressures before general progress in this direction was achieved , but it is important to remember that there were views being canvassed in the CNAA and more widely that pointed towards a possible further ‘ collective resolution ’ . |