Examples of 'it took five years' in a sentence

Meaning of "it took five years"

The phrase 'it took five years' is used to indicate the duration or amount of time that was required to complete a particular task, achieve a goal, or overcome a challenge. It emphasizes the length of time it took to accomplish something

How to use "it took five years" in a sentence

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it took five years
It took five years for him to retire.
I am embarrassed to say it took five years to reach harmony with my.
It took five years to grow that high.
In a week it can destroy what it took five years to build.
It took five years to build the church.
Just give us a bit of an idea of why it took five years.
It took five years to make that record.
What is surprising is that it took five years for me to realize this.
It took five years to clear the site.
Calvaire was my first movie, it took five years to make it.
It took five years to conceive our son.
Deep thinking takes time, and in this case it took five years.
It took five years to make the album.
Even during the Revolution, it took five years to abolish slavery.
It took five years but it finally happened.

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I just showed you in the previous slide . It took five years.
It took five years to have two babies.
I am embarrassed to say it took five years to reach harmony with my … Yes.
It took five years to put it together.
The largest and most advanced in Europe so far, it took five years to implement.
It took five years but it brought substantial improvements.
On average it took five years to develop the disease.
It took five years and all of us writing letters.
Nevermind that it took five years to make that happen.
It took five years before the government was paying.
After this games it took five years before he was called up again.
It took five years of negotiations to come to that announcement.
From that moment it took five years for them to find the right lot.
It took five years years for justice to finally be done.
It took … it took five years to eat him up.
It took five years to win the big one.
Yeah, but it took five years to get them out.
It took five years to complete the new church.
It 's meant to be . It took five years and a thousand men to build her temple.
It took five years to finish it up.
He says it took five years to write the script.
It took five years to complete.
In total, it took five years to complete this momentous task.
It took five years for the ship to be completely dismantled.
In fact, it took five years for the clamor to die down.
It took five years to create.
After all, it took five years between Twilight Princess and Skyward Sword.
It took five years for the next album to be released.
But it took five years and three attempts.
It took five years to restore both the chariots together.
It took five years and.
It took five years to prepare.
It took five years and a thousand men to build her temple.
It took five years to grow back with a much shorter neck.
It took five years to build a church building with volunteer labor.

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