Example sentences of "it [vb past] take two " in BNC.
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| 1 | It seemed to take two lifetimes for the group to climb past them , but finally they passed from sight if not sound . |
| 2 | However , Mr Everett said , it had taken two months to obtain the Giro for Emma . |
| 3 | 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 ! |
| 4 | It had taken two hours . |
| 5 | 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 ? |
| 6 | It had taken two of them to free me from the current and I was so relieved . |