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 . |