Example sentences of "[noun] it took [to-vb] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He sat smoking his cigarettes and reading the evening paper for the half-hour it took to accomplish these combined exercises , before leaving and getting into the tube at Bond Street . |
| 2 | Let's represent the total time it took to evolve all these breeds of dog from a wolf , by one ordinary walking pace . |
| 3 | But for the small time it took to put this inner up it made little difference . |
| 4 | During the time it took to drink three glasses of unspeakable piss masquerading as wine , I had close to twenty offers : straight sex , not so straight sex , definitely warped sex , threesomes , foursomes , orgies , photos , videos . ’ |
| 5 | Commuting hassles ate up the time it took to re-stock one-off designs . |
| 6 | The only thing that ruined the game for me was the time it took to load each room . |