Example sentences of "it took four years [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 . |