Example sentences of "it take [noun] [num] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 At this rate , it takes Intel two hours to compress a minute of video .
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 It took Quakers 19 minutes to produce any noteworthy effort , a Nick Cusack left-foot shot that slipped just wide of the post , and they almost equalised after 29 minutes when Fashanu flicked Andy Toman 's left wing corner against his own bar but the rebound fell to a Torquay defender .
4 The portiera was an old deaf lady and it took Sandison five minutes to explain who he was and who he wanted to visit .
5 It took Wolves 15 seconds to bring a Black Country barrage from the stands with their first , booming aerial ‘ pass ’ for Bull to pursue ; a further 30 seconds for Villa to concede a corner ; and two minutes for Nigel Spink to be forced into a sprawling save by Mark Venus .
6 IT TOOK experts three days to restore a 300 year old building after Annie Lennox filmed her latest video there .
7 It took Paul five hours to buy all the materials from Waitrose , Safeway and a man in the high street with a shop that shut at two-thirty on Saturdays .
8 It took Britain four centuries rather than four generations to complete the cycle .
9 It took Simon three months to finish it , working just at weekends .
10 That it took Hibs 37 minutes to record their first shot at Ally Maxwell vouches for the minuscule depth of their ambition and explains why they were , in the end , beaten hollow .
11 It took mum two hours to get to Debenham and it normally takes half an hour .
12 Brave Gail Devers was suffering from Graves Disease but it took doctors two years to diagnose the crippling thyroid illness .
13 She was rushed to a hospital in Nottingham where it took doctors three hours to stabilise her condition .
14 It took Maggie ten minutes to get herself sorted out , then she and Susan were off , heading towards the kinema .
15 It took Richard ten months ; having set out filled with enthusiasm and burning ambition , the whole of the journey was fraught with disasters and setbacks .
16 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 .
17 Gray noted , also , that Hel 's kingdom was banished so far from Asgard , the home of the gods , that it took ODIN nine days and nights to reach it .
18 It took ScottishPower 35 minutes to restore supplies in part .
19 He spoke so casually that it took Bernice five seconds to realize the implications of what he had said and another five to fear it .
20 It took Quinn four hours , but no one disturbed him .
21 It took police 13 years to bring him to justice .
22 It took police four days to trace the couple to Bridgnorth in Ontario .
23 It took Cuckney four years to overcome the financial crisis he encountered when he took over the Crown Agents in 1974 .
24 It took Maidstone four hours to decide what to do and during that time he drank only coffee .
25 It took Swayze two years , in between filming City of Joy , to complete his labour of love .
26 The well was very deep , about fifty metres down and it took Jennifer ten minutes to complete the task of lowering and raising the bucket .
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