Example sentences of "it took [adj] [noun] before " in BNC.
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| 1 | It took four hours before he could move , during which time the lifeless body of Ewan Famber that was , leaked fluids off the white table on to the ceraplas floor . |
| 2 | It took eighteen years before the game moved officially to the appropriately proletarian environment of Australia . |
| 3 | But as it is as you say you know it took five minutes before it all happened in I find this very do n't you ? |
| 4 | It took long moments before Caroline calmed down enough to remember that she had not sprung the little trap she 'd set . |
| 5 | It took two years before I girded up my floppy disks and bought an Amstrad . |
| 6 | It took another year before the group felt confident enough to organize its first semi-open event — a disco . |
| 7 | It took another week before my photographs were developed and I saw the result of my airborne activities . |
| 8 | The police poured out to stop them , though it took three nights before the disturbances began to die down . |
| 9 | When replacing the case for example , it took several attempts before it was positioned correctly , and the power button worked properly again . |
| 10 | It took several minutes before they were ready to leave , and even then Mabel hovered in the doorway , saying plaintively , ‘ You wo n't be long , will you ? |
| 11 | It took several weeks before the new trader was able to work out roughly the quantities he needed each morning to satisfy his customers ' needs , and still longer to realise that those needs would vary from day to day |
| 12 | Edward , given a private room , discovered the problem first hand : it took twenty minutes before he raised the operator , and another ten before he was talking to Flight Lieutenant Benson . |
| 13 | ‘ No , it took some hours before we dragged the body from beneath a mound of soggy corpses . |
| 14 | it took some time before it was explained to them that the French pronunciation of GPT sounded just like ‘ J'ai pété ’ which , as all you Europhiles no doubt know , means ‘ I have broken wind . ’ |
| 15 | It took some time before Willie allowed himself to relax in the water . |
| 16 | But it took some time before any clear view emerged as to what these new arrangements should be . |
| 17 | Well , I know now , though it took some time before my stupid head would accept what my infinitely more sensible heart had been trying to tell it all along . ’ |