Example sentences of "took three hours " in BNC.

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1 Austria 's Beate Reinstadler took three hours 15 minutes to beat the qualifier Tracy Moreton , of Australia , 5-7 , 7-5 , 7-5 .
2 It took three hours to dig them out , and it was no fun .
3 It took three hours to get in character every morning and another three to get out at night . ’
4 We left in three flights , each led by a Fulmar for navigational purposes , some 500 nautical miles from Malta ( my logbook shows the flight took three hours and 20 minutes ) .
5 The tables took three hours to set .
6 It took three hours to get what was left of the body out .
7 I apologise to my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for the Home Department for being unable to attend at the start of the debate , due to the aggravated taking of British Rail , which took three hours to take me from York to the metropolis .
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