Example sentences of "it [vb past] three [noun] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It incorporated three devices aimed at automatically or semi-automatically improving retrieval . |
| 2 | It took three hours to get in character every morning and another three to get out at night . ’ |
| 3 | It took three hours to get what was left of the body out . |
| 4 | It took three hours to dig them out , and it was no fun . |
| 5 | It took three minutes to erect the inner tent on its first outing but because it was raining constantly , the inner was a little wet before I had a chance to put the flysheet over . |
| 6 | ‘ I started heart massage but it took three minutes to get any sign of life . |
| 7 | He moans : ‘ It took three days to record one 30 minute Hot Shoe Show , whereas it takes one day to film a game show . |
| 8 | Kept under police guard day and night , it took three days to reassemble the building and its contents . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | He also admits to having a streak of the trainspotter in him , and it took three days ploughing through his extensive record collection before he finally managed to produce a top ten . |
| 11 | It took three days to clear up the damage to the River Windrush at Witney in Oxfordshire . |
| 12 | It took three years to build , starting in 1785 . |
| 13 | But some people it took three weeks to do I do n't know how the hell it did that , and I did n't even know |