Example sentences of "it [adv] takes [adj] [noun] [conj] " in BNC.

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1 It only takes one lapse and a match can undergo a total transformation — there must be no slip-ups , ’ adds McGrath .
2 It can take effect immediately , but it usually takes twenty minutes or so for the full effects to be felt .
3 NO MATTER how talented or hardworking you are , if you 're a woman it always takes extra effort and drive to succeed in business .
4 It is a tribute to how far we have come already in theoretical physics that it now takes enormous machines and a great deal of money to perform an experiment whose results we can not predict .
5 It actually takes some time before I get to the stage of asking for his name , the date or details of the place where he lives .
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