Example sentences of "it took ten [noun] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 It took ten minutes to film and I was actually on TV for about six seconds .
2 It took ten minutes of brisk walking to get my blood flowing again , my consciousness slowly returning from a journey beyond my body .
3 Yet it took ten years for the pope to arrive at the point he had desired in 1199 , where he could treat the parties as equals , the one and the other , alterum et alterum as he says , and make his decision in Rome .
4 While it took ten years for them to move against her , after only 12 months they have him in their sights .
5 While it took ten years for them to move against her , after only 12 months they have him in their sights .
6 She dedicated her song to all the boys who had really regretted doing it , all the men who have ever said , naming no names , it took ten years of my life , and now I can truly say that I never want to even talk to him again , never to see him .
7 It took ten years of experiments in the Soviet Union to find the definitive evidence and so confirm Vesman 's resonance theory .
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