Example sentences of "it [vb past] [adj] day [to-vb] " in BNC.

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1 It took eight days to restore normal service in the area .
2 It took fifteen days to try : the summing-up lasted for a day : the jury returned thirteen special verdicts .
3 It took six days to replace the locks on the car , and all the while I was worrying that the thieves might try to steal it .
4 It took all day to cross the Nullarbor .
5 It took two days to find out that neither man was going to admit to anything .
6 He moans : ‘ It took three days to record one 30 minute Hot Shoe Show , whereas it takes one day to film a game show .
7 Kept under police guard day and night , it took three days to reassemble the building and its contents .
8 It took three days to reach the town of Clujnapoca , where the generator was loaded on to a romanian aid wagon for the final stage of the journey .
9 It took three days to clear up the damage to the River Windrush at Witney in Oxfordshire .
10 It took several days to confirm the outbreak and the unit was not closed until a week later .
11 It took 21 days to get to Basra , through the Suez Canal , down the Red Sea ( that was not ) sharp left at Aden and up the Persian Gulf .
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