Example sentences of "[noun] it take [num] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Right , so you fix them just as quickly as you can fix them , but if that takes nine months it takes nine months , that 's one of the views you can take on it . |
| 2 | ‘ When I was a girl it took twelve yards of cloth just to make an underskirt for a ball gown . |
| 3 | In the event it took six courses of treatment to eradicate the cancer , and by the time of the 1980 Grand National he was in no condition to take part . |
| 4 | But some people it took three weeks to do I do n't know how the hell it did that , and I did n't even know |
| 5 | When North Harbour were aiming for the top in New Zealand it took four years of struggle — getting beaten by the top provinces — before we managed to make our own mark . |
| 6 | In the end it took ten minutes to get the Cambridgeshire police Land Rover turned past McLeish 's squad and their vans , and away back up to the stable . |
| 7 | In 792 the Saxons revolted yet again ; this time it took two years of campaigning to suppress the Eastphalians and Nordalbingians involved . |