Example sentences of "it [vb past] ten years [prep] " in BNC.
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1 | 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 . |
2 | While it took ten years for them to move against her , after only 12 months they have him in their sights . |
3 | While it took ten years for them to move against her , after only 12 months they have him in their sights . |
4 | 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 . |
5 | It took ten years of experiments in the Soviet Union to find the definitive evidence and so confirm Vesman 's resonance theory . |