Example sentences of "it take [adj] [noun pl] reach " in BNC.

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1 It takes 10 minutes to reach the arch , slogging through the filth and scum .
2 It took four months to reach its decision which issued on 11th September 1992 .
3 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 .
4 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 .
5 It took ten minutes to reach Honey Cottage , with Yanto trying his best to scare the pants off Mary .
6 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 .
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