Example sentences of "took only a [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yet their death by chainsaw took only a few moments . |
| 2 | The descent took only a few minutes , but then the man had to make a laborious return journey with the empty sledge , which might take half an hour . |
| 3 | Since the whole process took only a few seconds for each blank and the woman was working full-time it could not be denied that this woman knew , from her own sensory experience , a great deal about the making of magnets . |
| 4 | Kirov took only a few more minutes to search the small studio from top to bottom . |
| 5 | She missed two games before finding it behind a cushion , but then took only a few days to call house on number 52 in game 230 . |
| 6 | As the launch and the bows of the sinking yacht were now almost level it took only a few seconds to transfer the six survivors — another had joined the group of five that Talbot had seen — aboard the launch . |
| 7 | It took only a few seconds to order six droids and a goods transporter to the 65th level cargo bay . |
| 8 | It took only a few minutes to pack their belongings . |
| 9 | It took only a few seconds for Benny to rush on and spot her unknowing guides . |
| 10 | It took only a few minutes for the Doctor to break down and analyse the strangely oily powder , using the lateral molecular rectifier to be absolutely certain . |
| 11 | It took only a few minutes to run to the kitchen and request Agnes Diggory to take Lady Merchiston 's luncheon tray straight upstairs when it was ready , and then Theda passed out of the house into the early warmth of a sunny April day , Hector charging ahead . |
| 12 | The map shown in Figure 4.1 took only a few minutes to produce , and is easily amended and redrawn . |