Example sentences of "[noun] it took [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In China it took many years for the railway to broach the capital . |
| 2 | Though his union did not entirely disappear in Hull it took many years to recover . |
| 3 | With the conventional weighing system it took some time for the information about packet weights to get to the point where decisions could be made to adjust either the oven or the wrapping machine . |
| 4 | Lois Brown was critical of the length of time it took many publishers to make deliveries . |
| 5 | But this time it took fewer repeats before the horse calmed and stopped . |
| 6 | In fact it took some time to make effective progress , in part because of institutional changes ; Lord Portal replaced Lord Reith , and in 1943 a separate Ministry of Town and Country Planning was set up . |