Example sentences of "take they [adj] [noun] get " in BNC.
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| 1 | They estimate it will take them 20,000 man-hours to get the aircraft flying and ready for the round-the-world trip . |
| 2 | ‘ In real life it would take them some time to get this boat ready to go to sea . |
| 3 | Outside , in the terrible wind and the rain , it took them fifteen minutes to get the boat ready . |
| 4 | As it was , it took them two weeks to get back to Kabrit , to a great welcome from their astonished comrades , who had given them up for lost . |
| 5 | It took them three days to get there via Dover , Calais , a train to Paris , and finally a coach to Monte Carlo . |
| 6 | Scott 's men were slower than Amundsen 's ; it took them twenty-four days to get to 80° South . |
| 7 | The Piggotts reached the final in 1979 at their second attempt and it has taken them 13 years to get as close again . |
| 8 | They 've just reached the half way stage of the project but it 's taken them five years to get this far . |