Example sentences of "but it took [num] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The hydrogen supply was shut off within 10 minutes , but it took two hours to put out the blaze . ’ |
| 2 | But it took 10 minutes to haul her out and attempts to revive her failed . |
| 3 | ‘ It would have taken nine months to do them by hand , but it took six months this way . |
| 4 | At Lord 's , Fowler and Lloyd and Gower again made some runs , but it took thirty Extras to help their total to 196 . |
| 5 | But it took 5 months to find them accomodation after she was told to … |
| 6 | But it took five more years , and the Tiananmen massacre , for its residents fully to grasp their prospective vulnerability as citizens of China . |
| 7 | A wizened butler opened the door to Topaz , but it took five minutes of heated argument before she was allowed to step over the threshold of Stone Towers . |
| 8 | but it took five years |
| 9 | The incident last weekend happened just a few hundred yards from Bishop Auckland ambulance station , but it took 25 minutes for a vehicle to arrive from Durham City 12 miles away . |
| 10 | ‘ I started heart massage but it took three minutes to get any sign of life . |
| 11 | Finally , under the obscurity of dust and smoke the Germans managed to get a foothold on the summit , but it took three more days of bitter close combat before the vital Côte 304 was finally theirs . |