Example sentences of "it [vb past] several [noun] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It brought several things to mind : the evident barrier during negotiations between the steward and the women ; the warnings of a friend about my own relationship with the steward — ‘ You put too much trust in that man ’ ; and the remark made when I reported how I had initially explained my research aims to the union stewards — ‘ You told the Secret Service ! |
| 2 | It took several attempts to get it right , but in the end I felt justifiably proud of my literary effort . |
| 3 | Dr Marc Cartwright , anaesthetist on the cardiac arrest team , said it took several minutes to spot the mistake and insert the tube properly . |
| 4 | It took several minutes to gather them back and put them under starter 's orders . |
| 5 | It took several journeys to unload her provisions from the boot . |
| 6 | It took several years to acknowledge that all this higher searching was based on my father 's money . |
| 7 | They were mostly wrong , but it took several years to find out . |
| 8 | Such was the official secrecy , or confusion , that it took several weeks to confirm that no RCM boys were among the casualties . |
| 9 | Like all the gardens here , it took several weeks to put together , but will have disappeared by the end of next weekend . |
| 10 | It took several months to obtain approval and construction work started only in August 1984 . |
| 11 | It took several days to confirm the outbreak and the unit was not closed until a week later . |
| 12 | The upper horizon of the site showed an arrangement of two rows of features , including the shallow basin-floors of huts , hearths , storage pits and walk-in wells ; it gave several C dates on charcoal of 8,100–8,000yrBP . |