Example sentences of "it had taken two " in BNC.

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1 However , Mr Everett said , it had taken two months to obtain the Giro for Emma .
2 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 !
3 It had taken two hours .
4 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 ?
5 It had taken two of them to free me from the current and I was so relieved .
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