The games take one day or two days to finish today.
I started that one in 1990, but it took until 1993 to finish.
For others, it's the start of a project that may take years to finish.
At close range, it would not take them long to finish the job.
Just how long was it going to take Tom to finish down there?
It took until 2011-12 to finish in the top four again and reach the post season.
It usually takes them three weeks to finish a novel.
"I was certain that it would take another 14 years to finish."
It will take another nine months or a year to finish.
It takes them perhaps half an hour to finish all they have to do.