Example sentences of "it took [adv] two [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It took nearly two hours to get the pony out on to solid ground , but when they had done so and he was examined , Farmer Yatton was able to tell the thankful Angela that her pet had come to no real harm . |
| 2 | It took nearly two weeks of detailed discussion by planning officers of all three services to work out the denials . |
| 3 | It took almost two years to complete — but it was worth every bead of sweat . |
| 4 | It took only two minutes of lying stretched and rigid on his bed for Alex Mair to realize that sleep was unlikely to come . |
| 5 | It took only two years of renewed civilian government to see this death toll increase by 50 per cent . |
| 6 | IT TOOK perhaps two minutes for Glenn Miller to line up his shot . |