Example sentences of "but it take [num] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Bitez offers exciting day cruising , but it takes two weeks to acclimatise most people to the strong winds !
2 well ha you , what you have is you have erm the ship , first of all you have the ship , it 's a plain ship on a white background , then you have the lights on a black background and then you have that blue bit in the middle but it takes three shots
3 The hydrogen supply was shut off within 10 minutes , but it took two hours to put out the blaze . ’
4 But it took 10 minutes to haul her out and attempts to revive her failed .
5 ‘ It would have taken nine months to do them by hand , but it took six months this way .
6 At Lord 's , Fowler and Lloyd and Gower again made some runs , but it took thirty Extras to help their total to 196 .
7 But it took 5 months to find them accomodation after she was told to …
8 A wizened butler opened the door to Topaz , but it took five minutes of heated argument before she was allowed to step over the threshold of Stone Towers .
9 but it took five years
10 The incident last weekend happened just a few hundred yards from Bishop Auckland ambulance station , but it took 25 minutes for a vehicle to arrive from Durham City 12 miles away .
11 ‘ I started heart massage but it took three minutes to get any sign of life .
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