Example sentences of "it take [adv] two " in BNC.
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| 1 | It takes just two minutes for a burglar to turn a home into a nightmare — in the city of Gloucester police are being called up to twelve times a day by families finding scenes like these . |
| 2 | Situated in Hind Cove , it takes over two hours to reach from Wasdale . |
| 3 | As it takes about two years to convert an idea to law through our parliamentary system , new legislation is often implemented at a time when the circumstances which gave rise to the idea have substantially altered . |
| 4 | It takes about two hours to watch it |
| 5 | Ferranti is now convinced that it was the victim of fraud perpetrated by International Signal and Control which it took over two years ago . |
| 6 | It took over two years of treatment and months of distress before 28-year-old Bethan Roberts found a cure for acne |
| 7 | It took over two hundred years to complete . |
| 8 | It took nearly two hours to get the pony out on to solid ground , but when they had done so and he was examined , Farmer Yatton was able to tell the thankful Angela that her pet had come to no real harm . |
| 9 | It took nearly two weeks of detailed discussion by planning officers of all three services to work out the denials . |
| 10 | It took almost two years to complete — but it was worth every bead of sweat . |
| 11 | It took only two minutes of lying stretched and rigid on his bed for Alex Mair to realize that sleep was unlikely to come . |
| 12 | It took only two years of renewed civilian government to see this death toll increase by 50 per cent . |
| 13 | IT TOOK perhaps two minutes for Glenn Miller to line up his shot . |