It took a lot of time. vs It took many time.

The correct phrase is 'it took a lot of time.' The phrase 'it took many time.' is incorrect in English. 'A lot of time' is the correct expression to indicate a large amount of time.

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It took a lot of time.

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English.

This phrase is used to indicate that a significant amount of time was required for something.

Examples:

It took a lot of time to finish the project.
Studying for the exam took a lot of time.
Waiting in line at the store took a lot of time.
The repair work took a lot of time to complete.
Learning a new language can take a lot of time.

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Either way, it took a lot of time.
Now, the toaster was huge because they used to make toast on open fires, and it took a lot of time and attention.
And all that actually took a lot of time.
It cost a lot of money, took a lot of time.
It took me forever to get home from school that day without my pants, so I had a lot of time to think.
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.
It took a long time and a lot of hurdles.
It took a lot of blood.
Actually, it took a lot of bullets.
It took a lot of work to get there.
Thanks, it took a lot of work.
It took a lot of failures to get there.
Because it took a lot of crafty work to infect this bacterium.
It took a lot of work.
Whoever it was, it took a lot of planning.
It took a lot of guts... reporting a vice squad guy like that.
Yes, it took a lot of frantic genetic engineering, but...
JOBS: Pixar's seen by a lot of folks as an overnight success, but if you really look closely, most overnight successes took a long time.

It took many time.

This phrase is incorrect in English.

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Now, but it took time.
Regardless of what made her do it, it took time.
No, indeed not; it took time.
Contacting his village, receiving instructions took times.
But, by Jesus, it took its time.
- Somebody was - Had got a bad burn - and it took a long time.
And it took plenty of time.
All this bruising and swelling you see took time.
It didn't take me very long to write the screenplay but it took a great deal of time doing the preliminaries, the talking took time.
It took me forever last time.
It took 40 minutes that time.
It took quite a long time.
They said it took away my study time.
Figuring out how to reach it took a very long time.
Whoever did this took their time.
When you were born, it took a long time.
That was a source of inspiration for what happened later, although it took a long time.
The working method chosen by the Conference of Presidents, which some found rather risky, took time.
I know he has, and it took him a long time.
Either way, it took a lot of time.

Alternatives:

it took much time.
it took a long time.
it took a considerable amount of time.
it took a significant amount of time.
it took a while.

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It took a lot of time. vs It took many time.