It took him five years to write this novel.とは 意味・読み方・使い方

This book cost him five years' continuous effort.

It took him five years' continuous effort to write [finish] this book.

It took him five years to write this novel.

This book is the product of five years' labor on his part.

It took him five years to write this book.

He devoted five years to writing this book.

This took him 5 years to write.

This was written by him in 5 years.

It took him three years to write the novel.

He has spent three years writing this novel.

Five years has already passed since then.

He continued that practice for 5 years.

It took him seven long years to write the book.

He is far better off now than he was five years ago.

He founded the school five years ago.

5 years have passed since then.

He had five years of courtroom practice under his belt.

He had been bedridden for roughly 5 years.

He will use this opportunity to look back over the history of the past 5 years.

How long did it take him to write this novel?

He is far better off than he was five years ago.

He talks about what happened five years ago.

We started this brand five years ago.

It happened five years age―five years since―five years back.

He expects [hopes] to have finished by May.

He hasn't had a haircut for five months.

His hair was last cut five months ago.

He's five years older than I (am).

He quit work 5 years ago.

Five years and ten novels later, he got the prize.