The photograph wasn't there either, but three small books he hadn't seen before took his attention.

The book takes place over a period of 43 years, from 1706 to 1749.

The book has taken me exactly one year to write.

My book is taking me the wrong way around the room!

The book then took a further two years to complete.

The book took at least more than four years to write.

So during the summer when the book takes place they bring in two groups.

A 300-page book takes him about three months, he said.

His wife died a few years before the book takes place.

A book takes more than a few minutes to read.