Example sentences of "it took [det] [noun pl] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When replacing the case for example , it took several attempts before it was positioned correctly , and the power button worked properly again . |
| 2 | It took several minutes but they finally boarded the train , fought their way down the corridor and collapsed into the relative calm of a first-class carriage . |
| 3 | It took several minutes before they were ready to leave , and even then Mabel hovered in the doorway , saying plaintively , ‘ You wo n't be long , will you ? |
| 4 | He established himself in the heart of Sicily , near Etna , about 449 , and it took several years and several expeditions by Syracuse to dislodge him . |
| 5 | It took several weeks before the new trader was able to work out roughly the quantities he needed each morning to satisfy his customers ' needs , and still longer to realise that those needs would vary from day to day |
| 6 | ‘ No , it took some hours before we dragged the body from beneath a mound of soggy corpses . |