Example sentences of "takes around [num] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It takes around 45 minutes to make a blood donation and staff at AEA are invited to donate twice a year . |
| 2 | To bring this area of approximately 23x11cms to this stage takes around five hours of actual drawing . |
| 3 | To bring this area of approximately 23x11cms to this stage takes around five hours of actual drawing . |
| 4 | From start to finish pitching takes around nine minutes . |
| 5 | AN Olympic sprinter takes around 20 seconds to cover 200m , but how long would it take even the fastest reader to plough through the 211m of shelf space of new material acquired in the past year by the National Library of Wales ' Department of Manuscripts and Records ? |
| 6 | The operation takes around 15 minutes under general anaesthetic . |
| 7 | The operation takes around 15 minutes under general anaesthetic . |
| 8 | The whole thing takes around 12 days to complete and takes in all the best Lakeland peaks , but the beauty of it is that it can be divided into any number of day sections and there 's always a lowland alternative route in case the weather is really awful on the tops . |