Example sentences of "but it took [num] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | The hydrogen supply was shut off within 10 minutes , but it took two hours to put out the blaze . ’ |
2 | But it took 10 minutes to haul her out and attempts to revive her failed . |
3 | ‘ It would have taken nine months to do them by hand , but it took six months this way . |
4 | At Lord 's , Fowler and Lloyd and Gower again made some runs , but it took thirty Extras to help their total to 196 . |
5 | But it took 5 months to find them accomodation after she was told to … |
6 | 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 . |
7 | but it took five years |
8 | 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 . |
9 | ‘ I started heart massage but it took three minutes to get any sign of life . |