Example sentences of "it take [prep] three " in BNC.

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1 It is given over to writing between 2,000 and 2,500 words and it takes from three to four and a half hours to do .
2 It took between three and four hours , depending on the weather .
3 It took about three or four hours to complete an ordinary chair seat ; more complicated patterns could take as much as seven or eight hours .
4 It took about three months of him distressing me before I read it .
5 It took about three months for me to realise how she did it .
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