Example sentences of "and it take [adj] year " in BNC.

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1 Nigel : But 40 leading scientists do say that carbon dioxide is made in producing uranium and building the reactors , and power stations are not the main source of greenhouse gases anyway ; and nuclear programmes divert money from energy-saving programmes , and it takes six years to build a nuclear power station and you can save that amount of carbon dioxide in six months by saving energy .
2 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 .
3 And it took four years of trials before they did , ’ McGeechan grins .
4 He established himself in the heart of Sicily , near Etna , about 449 , and it took several years and several expeditions by Syracuse to dislodge him .
5 I took the bits home in a lorry and it took 25 years to rebuild .
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