Example sentences of "took more than [art] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Zambia achieved political independence without a prolonged conflict , but in Zimbabwe it took more than a decade of military and political struggle to overthrow white minority rule .
2 It took more than a month to find and sign a contract with another company to complete the remaining work .
3 It took more than an hour to control the blaze at the former Langham Hotel .
4 A police officer said his corpse was so charred and mutilated that it took more than an hour to identify it .
5 A police officer said his corpse was so charred and mutilated that it took more than an hour to identify it .
6 It then took more than an hour of bathing and shampooing to get Tosh back to his natural ebony colour !
7 It rarely took more than an hour .
8 It rarely took more than an hour .
9 The operation , which started just after 8pm , took more than an hour to complete .
10 The last few miles to Ealing were covered in a jerking crawl which took more than an hour , and daylight was breaking down into darkness as Alison gave directions through the maze of streets and parked cars away from the main shopping area .
11 The march of uniformed members took more than an hour to pass the saluting base .
12 AT the magistrates court it took more than an hour to read out all the charges .
13 Police and firefighters took more than an hour to free the bodies from the wreckage .
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