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It took a lot of time. is the most popular phrase on the web.

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Contacting his village, receiving instructions took times. Now, but it took time. Regardless of what made her do it, it took time. But, by Jesus, it took its time. No, indeed not; it took time. Had got a bad burn Somebody was	It took me forever to get home from school that day without my pants, so I had a lot of time to think. Now, the toaster was huge because they used to make toast on open fires, and it took a lot of time and attention. What took a lot of time was putting it back in place. Probably took a lot of time and effort to get your name in so deep. Listen to me, it took so much to get me here, so much work to get me here and I don't have a lot of time. And all that actually took a lot of time. Either way, it took a lot of time. It cost a lot of money, took a lot of time.

It took many time.

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It took a lot of time.

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It took me forever to get home from school that day without my pants, so I had a lot of time to think.
Now, the toaster was huge because they used to make toast on open fires, and it took a lot of time and attention.
What took a lot of time was putting it back in place.
Probably took a lot of time and effort to get your name in so deep.
Listen to me, it took so much to get me here, so much work to get me here and I don't have a lot of time.
And all that actually took a lot of time.
Either way, it took a lot of time.
It cost a lot of money, took a lot of time.