Example sentences of "it [vb past] [adj] [noun] reach " in BNC.
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| 1 | It took four months to reach its decision which issued on 11th September 1992 . |
| 2 | It took many visits to reach our self-set target of non-respondents : thirty primary and thirty secondary teachers willing to discuss the Oxfordshire scheme and to go through the questionnaire orally with us . |
| 3 | It took five hours to reach Tagmout , our overnight spot , first crossing the dusty plain then wiggling up long valleys , over spurs and through gorges — the road simply gouged out of the rock and wickedly rough on the vehicle . |
| 4 | It took ten minutes to reach Honey Cottage , with Yanto trying his best to scare the pants off Mary . |
| 5 | It took three days to reach the town of Clujnapoca , where the generator was loaded on to a romanian aid wagon for the final stage of the journey . |