Example sentences of "it [verb] take two " in BNC.
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1 | If it has taken two weeks of nail-biting finally to pluck up courage to visit a clinic , only to be greeted by an unsympathetic or gruff receptionist , who demands details you had not expected to have to give in a loud voice , the temptation to cut and run may be overwhelming . |
2 | , the company 's technical manager , said : ‘ It has taken two years to reach the position we are now in . |
3 | It seemed to take two lifetimes for the group to climb past them , but finally they passed from sight if not sound . |
4 | However , Mr Everett said , it had taken two months to obtain the Giro for Emma . |
5 | It had taken so long … it had taken two young ensigns , a native pensioner and a Eurasian clerk to lift him up to this platform , and now he would have to get himself down again ! |
6 | It had taken two hours . |
7 | Is the Minister aware that on 10 December the National Rivers Authority told me , by letter , that it had taken two samples from the river — above the Coalite plant and below — and that the sample from the river above the plant showed a low level of dioxin , the one below the plant showed considerably higher levels of dioxin and that it is now certain that the dioxin is coming from the Coalite plant ? |
8 | It had taken two of them to free me from the current and I was so relieved . |