Example sentences of "it [verb] taken two [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If it has taken two weeks of nail-biting finally to pluck up courage to visit a clinic , only to be greeted by an unsympathetic or gruff receptionist , who demands details you had not expected to have to give in a loud voice , the temptation to cut and run may be overwhelming . |
| 2 | , the company 's technical manager , said : ‘ It has taken two years to reach the position we are now in . |
| 3 | It had taken two hours . |
| 4 | Is the Minister aware that on 10 December the National Rivers Authority told me , by letter , that it had taken two samples from the river — above the Coalite plant and below — and that the sample from the river above the plant showed a low level of dioxin , the one below the plant showed considerably higher levels of dioxin and that it is now certain that the dioxin is coming from the Coalite plant ? |
| 5 | However , Mr Everett said , it had taken two months to obtain the Giro for Emma . |