Example sentences of "[pers pn] took two [noun] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I mean , he he he took two steps dug his foot in ground and give him one of them ! |
| 2 | The hydrogen supply was shut off within 10 minutes , but it took two hours to put out the blaze . ’ |
| 3 | It took two hours to dig him out . |
| 4 | It took two shots to blast the lock off the stout , metal-sheathed door . |
| 5 | It took two days to find out that neither man was going to admit to anything . |
| 6 | Standing up to straighten his back , he would take as many as half a dozen buds , popping them all into his mouth , then down he 'd go , snick , snick , bud in , and on to the next — he went so fast that it took two assistants following behind and tying in to keep up with him ! |
| 7 | It took two workers to carry the world 's largest aircraft engine igniter to the designer — who said that the component agreed with the specifications , and approved it . |
| 8 | It became known as the Doomsday Book and it took two years to compile , but it illustrated that England was then a land of extensive royal forests and open fields , with only a few townships in the forest clearings , or at a river crossing . |
| 9 | It took two weeks to weave , working ten hours a day . |
| 10 | I can not believe it took two weeks to discover that three of our Olympic athletes had taken drugs . |