Example sentences of "it take three [noun] " in BNC.
Previous page Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 31 | 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 . |
| 32 | It took three quarters of an hour to get it out and meanwhile it did some damage . |
| 33 | 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 |
| 34 | They did exchange it in the end but I had to be very insistent and it took three months . |
| 35 | The police poured out to stop them , though it took three nights before the disturbances began to die down . |