Example sentences of "it [vb past] [noun] [adj] years " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yet it makes the right more united , on paper , than at any time since it lost office three years ago . |
| 2 | Although a phenomenal critical and box-office success , it took Stone ten years to raise the finance , eventually obtaining it through the British Hemdale company . |
| 3 | Brave Gail Devers was suffering from Graves Disease but it took doctors two years to diagnose the crippling thyroid illness . |
| 4 | It took Caillié eleven years of meticulous planning and a further year to reach the fabled city in 1828 , which turned out to be rather a disappointment to him after such a hazardous journey . |
| 5 | It took police 13 years to bring him to justice . |
| 6 | It took Cuckney four years to overcome the financial crisis he encountered when he took over the Crown Agents in 1974 . |
| 7 | It took Swayze two years , in between filming City of Joy , to complete his labour of love . |