It takes five minutes to go there. vs It's five minutes to go there.

Both phrases are correct, but they are used in different contexts. 'It takes five minutes to go there.' is commonly used to indicate the time needed to reach a destination, while 'It's five minutes to go there.' is used to express the remaining time before reaching a destination.

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It takes five minutes to go there.

This phrase is correct and commonly used to indicate the time needed to reach a destination.

This phrase is used to specify the amount of time required to travel to a particular place.

Examples:

It takes five minutes to go there by car.
It takes ten minutes to go there on foot.
It takes thirty minutes to go there by bus.

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Things get heavy for me, I take five minutes out, and I just go there.
Kevin, go downstairs, get a drink and take five minutes to calm down.
It takes five minutes for a development.
It takes five minutes just to get wet.
And now he won't even take five minutes to...
But just take five minutes to think about what he's done for you over the years.
The result? One small paper sensor that costs three cents and takes five minutes to run.
You have five minutes to go upstairs and get yourself presentable.
Just about five minutes to go now in the second quarter.
So obviously it takes you five minutes to make breakfast, so you knew that.
It takes longer than five minutes to really get to know someone.
I need you to go outside and take five minutes for yourself, pull yourself together and then come back to me, okay?
Course that's for morale Missiles only take five minutes to get here
We have approval of traps which take five minutes to kill and of course these traps still catch at least 20 % of non-target species; but that is just too bad for these animals since they are not supposed to be caught in the first place.
Plus it takes five days to get there.
I need five minutes to commune.
I need five minutes to commune.
A hot sync could take five minutes or more.
So I'm going to take five minutes.
We're all going to take five minutes here.

Alternatives:

It requires five minutes to go there.
It needs five minutes to go there.
It will take five minutes to go there.

It's five minutes to go there.

This phrase is correct and is used to express the remaining time before reaching a destination.

This phrase is used to indicate the amount of time left before arriving at a particular place.

Examples:

It's five minutes to go there, so we should leave now.
It's only five minutes to go there, we can walk.
It's ten minutes to go there, we might be late.

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Five minutes and then I go.
More five minutes I go replace him.
You have five minutes to go upstairs and get yourself presentable.
Just about five minutes to go now in the second quarter.
Things get heavy for me, I take five minutes out, and I just go there.
Go on, you got five minutes to make your change.
It's five minutes to the station.
But - but it's a choice to go there.
I have to go to work. I just need five minutes.
I would love to go five minutes without getting killed.
Right we've arranged to go in five minutes.
Kevin, go downstairs, get a drink and take five minutes to calm down.
When I go, give me exactly five minutes to get Dunbar out of that water tank.
It's in the national park and it's forbidden to go there.
(Sighs) It's five minutes to curtain.
It's five minutes to 11:00 at night.
It's Cycle 5, specially formulated for dogs with five minutes to live.
It's currently set to five minutes to midnight.
- It's so good. I want to go there.
I've always wanted to go there. It's a beautiful country.

Alternatives:

There are five minutes left to go there.
We have five minutes until we get there.
We are five minutes away from there.

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It takes five minutes to go there. vs It's five minutes to go there.