Example sentences of "did it take " in BNC.
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| 1 | How did the team investigate and how long did it take ? |
| 2 | ‘ Well , how long did it take you to get over it ? ’ |
| 3 | ‘ Why did it take so long for the world to wake up to what was going on , ’ she asked repeatedly . |
| 4 | How long did it take ? |
| 5 | The question becomes ; why did it take so long , not why did it happen at all . |
| 6 | How long did it take the pupils to join in the activity ? 3 . |
| 7 | And how long did it take before you felt settled in ? |
| 8 | If your subject has academic qualifications you could ask such questions as , ‘ How long did it take you to get your degree ? ’ ; |
| 9 | — How long did it take to explain ? |
| 10 | Why did it take so long for manufacturing employment to level out ? |
| 11 | How long did it take to weave a spell ? |
| 12 | I took a Polaroid photograph and sent it to Colin Willock , our producer — but when I phoned him later , he said , ‘ How long did it take you to set that one up ? ’ ’ |
| 13 | ‘ How long did it take you to realise that ? ’ |
| 14 | How long did it take you for to come round ? |
| 15 | Why did it take well over ninety minutes ? |
| 16 | How long did it take you to dredge that length ? |
| 17 | ‘ We are strangers and how long did it take us — ten to fifteen minutes — to come here ? |
| 18 | ‘ Did it take you all that time to invent this story and to select your wardrobe from the charity shops ? ’ he asked with sinister softness . |
| 19 | Did it take you back to that concert in Zimbabwe and any others there might have been — in Sydney perhaps — being there with him ? ’ |
| 20 | How long did it take for your stomach to settle down then ? |
| 21 | How long did it take you to get that ? |
| 22 | But why , and the people of this district have a legitimate right to ask , why did it take three people to represent in Czechoslovakia ? |
| 23 | You get these , sort of these painters you know saying , beautiful picture , how long did it take you to paint that ? |
| 24 | I appreciate Mr it 's now five years ago but how long did it take from when the door went down to you getting to the main bedroom ? |
| 25 | well when did it take place ? this decision to update once a year |
| 26 | Did you how many strikes did it take to get entry ? |
| 27 | How long did it take from the time you started what was going to be the quick , silent operation until you finished and got in ? |
| 28 | And when did they actually terminate the employment did it take effect from the eighteenth of June or what ? |
| 29 | How long did it take lightning to strike ? |
| 30 | Just what did it take to get through to this man ? |