Example sentences of "[pron] take [adv] [adj] day " in BNC.

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1 Carry On Columbus — a £2.25 million quickie , which took just 30 days to make and , Carry On fans will be delighted to learn , is as cheeky and irreverent as ever .
2 In three quarters of cases , they laid their eggs , which take about 11 days to emerge , in nests containing perch eggs that were still white , and therefore less than six to eight days old ( at which time they rapidly turn much darker ) , with at least another week to go before hatching .
3 Finally , record the exercise that you take on each day that you record the details of your food and drink .
4 They take about five days to hatch , when they hang in a cluster on the roof of the tunnel .
5 Word is it took only three days to boot Unix on the prototype .
6 Normally it takes about six days to arrange a visit , even if you cable both ways .
7 It takes about three days to get a call out and I remember DeFries did n't answer any of David 's calls because I think he knew what was going on .
8 It took just five days for ‘ Meat Is Murder ’ to give Rough Trade their first number one album .
9 With the help of Haslington and Sandbach Knitting Clubs it took just ten days to fill 18 large bin liners and two machines were donated as well .
10 It took almost three days to make the appointments necessary to meet three local judges .
11 Alexandra wondered if there was a feature in it : successful younger women , the varied careers it was possible for them to take up these days , the chances they had to rise to the top in their chosen professions , whether or not those professions were less orthodox than the ones chosen by their male counterparts .
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