Example sentences of "it takes [adv] [adj] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It takes just five minutes for the interviewer to ask , ‘ So where did you get the name from ? ’ |
| 2 | It takes just five seconds for him to realize that there are only so many hours in the working day to establish the key priorities and apply his mind to them . |
| 3 | It takes just five seconds for him to eliminate the stress . |
| 4 | It takes just two minutes for a burglar to turn a home into a nightmare — in the city of Gloucester police are being called up to twelve times a day by families finding scenes like these . |
| 5 | It takes approximately four years in the British climate for a fish to attain that length ( and equivalent weight of about 1lb 4oz ) . |
| 6 | Bearing in mind that it takes approximately 12 weeks from planting to flowering , it is possible to grow bulbs of many species and varieties to flower at the same time for a spectacular display , and also plant for a succession of flowers if potting up is carefully timed . |
| 7 | As a guideline it takes approximately 40 minutes for four people to play 1 game . |
| 8 | The neighbouring RAF bases at Bentwaters and Woodbridge in Suffolk , to be vacated by the U.S. Air Force next year , will not be required by the Ministry of Defence when it takes over full control of the sites . |
| 9 | IT TAKES about five minutes in New Zealand to comprehend why the All Blacks are the best . |
| 10 | It takes about five years for a top amateur to become a real Tour de France rider . |
| 11 | One the flour and water are mixed to a paste , it takes about 10 minutes for the heat to develop . |
| 12 | As eating-time continues , the body sends out more and more satiety signals , but it is estimated that it takes about twenty minutes for a meal to have its full effect in filling our stomachs and sending out all the other physical signals of sufficiency . |
| 13 | They actually just feed this information , it takes about three minutes on average to input the data off this into the computer , and it goes straight into the mainframe computer . |
| 14 | They say it takes about three weeks for a cure to work , and most Baden packages are based on this , although some are streamlined to 14 days . |
| 15 | It takes about 30 years from planting for a tree to grow enough bark to be harvested . |
| 16 | It takes about ten minutes in the car . |
| 17 | Wh w when testing a new drug , you 're trading off th th the the level of testing you can do , it takes about a hundred millions pounds to produce a new drug , it takes about ten years from test tube to getting a licence . |
| 18 | and it takes about eighty records at a time because it 's using forty five letters with the |
| 19 | It takes hardly any time at all to swoosh down a can of cola , and neither does this seem to have any effect in satisfying the appetite . |