Example sentences of "it [vb past] two [noun] [to-vb] " in BNC.

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1 The problem was that every time they took it over 250 mph the left wing became so heavy that it needed two hands to hold it up .
2 The hydrogen supply was shut off within 10 minutes , but it took two hours to put out the blaze . ’
3 It took two hours to dig him out .
4 It took two shots to blast the lock off the stout , metal-sheathed door .
5 It took two days to find out that neither man was going to admit to anything .
6 It took two workers to carry the world 's largest aircraft engine igniter to the designer — who said that the component agreed with the specifications , and approved it .
7 It became known as the Doomsday Book and it took two years to compile , but it illustrated that England was then a land of extensive royal forests and open fields , with only a few townships in the forest clearings , or at a river crossing .
8 It took two weeks to weave , working ten hours a day .
9 I can not believe it took two weeks to discover that three of our Olympic athletes had taken drugs .
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