Example sentences of "but [pron] took [num] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In reply , Boycott and Brearley put on no less than 129 for the first wicket — jolly good in a Test , but they took thirty-eight overs about it , with Boycott not getting into double figures until the seventeenth over . |
| 2 | The hydrogen supply was shut off within 10 minutes , but it took two hours to put out the blaze . ’ |
| 3 | But it took 10 minutes to haul her out and attempts to revive her failed . |
| 4 | ‘ It would have taken nine months to do them by hand , but it took six months this way . |
| 5 | At Lord 's , Fowler and Lloyd and Gower again made some runs , but it took thirty Extras to help their total to 196 . |
| 6 | But it took 5 months to find them accomodation after she was told to … |
| 7 | A wizened butler opened the door to Topaz , but it took five minutes of heated argument before she was allowed to step over the threshold of Stone Towers . |
| 8 | but it took five years |
| 9 | The incident last weekend happened just a few hundred yards from Bishop Auckland ambulance station , but it took 25 minutes for a vehicle to arrive from Durham City 12 miles away . |
| 10 | ‘ I started heart massage but it took three minutes to get any sign of life . |