Example sentences of "it [vb past] three [noun] " in BNC.
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| 31 | It took three minutes to erect the inner tent on its first outing but because it was raining constantly , the inner was a little wet before I had a chance to put the flysheet over . |
| 32 | He also admits to having a streak of the trainspotter in him , and it took three days ploughing through his extensive record collection before he finally managed to produce a top ten . |
| 33 | Kept under police guard day and night , it took three days to reassemble the building and its contents . |
| 34 | It took three days to reach the town of Clujnapoca , where the generator was loaded on to a romanian aid wagon for the final stage of the journey . |
| 35 | It took three days to clear up the damage to the River Windrush at Witney in Oxfordshire . |
| 36 | He moans : ‘ It took three days to record one 30 minute Hot Shoe Show , whereas it takes one day to film a game show . |
| 37 | It took three years , and the man was backed every inch of the way by his union . |
| 38 | It took three years to build , starting in 1785 . |
| 39 | In 1992 , it took three competitors from the London insurance market under its wing : Cairn Computer Systems with its Ingres-based technology and accompanying client list was bought for £200,000. £800,000 was raised through a share issue for the City division of Weir Systems ( CI No 2,076 ) which also added open systems expertise more long term contracts . |
| 40 | It took three quarters of an hour to get it out and meanwhile it did some damage . |
| 41 | But some people it took three weeks to do I do n't know how the hell it did that , and I did n't even know |
| 42 | They did exchange it in the end but I had to be very insistent and it took three months . |
| 43 | The police poured out to stop them , though it took three nights before the disturbances began to die down . |
| 44 | A SNOOTY hospice lost a £1,250 gift for its sick kids — because it banned three bikers . |
| 45 | It organised three presentations to representatives from business , voluntary groups and community councils which created a lot of interest . |
| 46 | Pascal 's insistence that rigorous , self-searching thought is the basis of morality needs as much hammering home now as it did three centuries ago . |
| 47 | Stressing the need for " equal numerical composition " , it outlined three options : ( i ) Sihanouk as chair and Hun Sen as vice-chair ; ( ii ) two vice-chairs ; or ( iii ) a single chair on a rotating basis . |
| 48 | It had three occupants . |
| 49 | In its prime , it had three sets of stones , powered by an overshot wheel . |
| 50 | It had three advantages over the submarine system : British launching aircraft already existed whereas the submarines did not ; the American content of the total system could be reduced by manufacture under licence in the United Kingdom ; and the Americans were likely to tie the purchase of Polaris to the mixed-manned Multilateral Nuclear Force that Eisenhower was keen to foist upon NATO . |
| 51 | It had three education sub committees , a major education committee , numerous sub committees , working parties and all sorts . |
| 52 | In addition to twenty-five cabins it had three bars , a dining room which measured fifteen by fifty feet , a lounge with a baby grand piano , a writing room , library and sick bay . |
| 53 | It had three parts ; the amino acid glutamic acid , the nitrogenous base pteridine , and a substance we have met previously , p- aminobenzoic acid ( PABA ) , which linked the two other components together . |
| 54 | It was a it was a very big bakery it had three floors and on the bottom floor was that 's where they done the bread and rolls . |
| 55 | It had three defects : it left the Balkan states disgruntled , it annoyed the Ottoman government , and it had , in the long run , a bad effect on the relationship of Germany and Russia . |
| 56 | It reflected three forces : decolonisation , revolution and , of course , the intervention of outside powers . |
| 57 | and it left three halves of the residual estate . |
| 58 | It lasted three days and during that time the 4,000 delegates had a choice of plenary sessions with top speakers , technical study groups , workshops , banquets , free time and even great music . |
| 59 | It lasted three days in court and I had to do night duties and then , finishing between 12 and 2 a.m. , going on nights again , going off early , going to court . |
| 60 | It gained three Oscars ( Julie Christie , Raphael and the costume designer Julie Harris ) and brought Schlesinger a nomination . |