Example sentences of "it [is] taken [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'm just surprised it 's taken two weeks . ’ |
| 2 | In fact , it 's taken 4 years and £600 million to create to the new Peugeot 605 range . |
| 3 | It 's taken five years of your life , but at least you 're getting your just rewards now . ’ |
| 4 | It 's taken five years and sixty thousand pounds to get this far … half way . |
| 5 | John Fordham on the Miles Davis session it 's taken four years to release and the week 's other albums Twisting , teasing trumpet Jazz . |
| 6 | It 's taken gravity-defying tightrope walking by boxing authorities to keep the title unified , even if it is once again threatening to be shattered into pieces by Bowe 's refusal to honour a deal to immediately defend against Lewis . |
| 7 | It 's taken 14 weeks less than planned . |
| 8 | It 's taken 85 years for the Goodman family name to appear on one of their motorbikes , but looking at the HDS 1200 on the road , the wait has been well worthwhile . |
| 9 | It 's taken 3 years of planning , £16,000 in donations and bucketfuls of elbow grease to install the collection in the 12th century church and all for a parish of fewer than 700 people . |
| 10 | It 's taken 3 years to build . |
| 11 | The house is very charming but it 's taken 20 years to get to the present condition . |
| 12 | It 's taken ten years to convert the whole farm and today it offers a vision of what organic farms of the future could look like . |
| 13 | He confesses he found the book 's success unreal and it 's taken several years to find level ground again . |
| 14 | It 's taken 114 years to build up Blackwells from a one-room shop to today 's multi-million pound business . |
| 15 | It 's taken twenty years of work by volunteers.Tim Hurst reports . |
| 16 | He says that it 's taken twenty years to build up the business , but they 'll just have to start all over again . |
| 17 | This is the game … this is the goal the Swindon fans will treasure for ever … their first win in the Premiership … it 's taken three months and sixteen games to get it … |
| 18 | It 's taken some time to construct . |