Example sentences of "it took [num] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It took twenty-six separate Cabinet meetings to resolve the issue . |
| 2 | But he will have been worried that it took four fine saves from John Lukic to keep City out . |
| 3 | At auction it took five agonising minutes and £700 to secure the house . |
| 4 | But for all his troubles Stephen , an amiable and gallant king , had managed to hold on to England and it took three strange twists of fortune to transform the situation . |
| 5 | IT TOOK three head-on rail collisions before safety specialists started to analyse the risk at controversial junctions , a fatal accident inquiry heard yesterday . |
| 6 | All the old signs appeared : I wanted to be sick , my knees kept quivering , and it took three deep-bowled cups of claret before I could even remember what day of the week it was . |