Example sentences of "it has taken [noun prp] " in BNC.

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1 There are over 7,200 drawings extant and it has taken Claudie Judrin ten years to complete the task .
2 It has taken Gary Pallister a long time to fulfil the promise that tempted Alex Ferguson to part with £2.3m but in America the Manchester United centre-half delivered a powerful case for elevation to first choice .
3 The hope that the BBC or ITV would move into this job as they would for Commonwealth or Olympic Games was never realistic but it has taken Sheffield a long time to come to terms with the fact .
4 It has taken Warren Ogden nearly 30 years to compile the information on these machines which began in the mid 1950s .
5 It has taken Andrew Murray a long time to do it .
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