Example sentences of "it take four year [prep] " in BNC.

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1 When North Harbour were aiming for the top in New Zealand it took four years of struggle — getting beaten by the top provinces — before we managed to make our own mark .
2 Daytime sightings , prior to the late afternoon Mid-Day Scot were rare , and my notebooks indicate that it took four years of assiduous observation before I had ‘ spotted ’ 12 of the 13 locomotives built .
3 It took four years of hard work and fundraising .
4 ‘ And it took four years of trials before they did , ’ McGeechan grins .
5 It took four years for Edouard to discover the one aspect of his life the columnists had never suspected : he was lonely .
6 In the recession of the early 1980s it took four years for the unemployment figures to drop .
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