Example sentences of "it take two " in BNC.
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| 1 | But we may feel on reading this that it takes two to perform — that performance requires , in however regressive or circular a fashion , the self that so many people believe they have , and that this epistolary Zuckerman exhibits here , in a display of inadvertence which may or may not implicate Philip Roth . |
| 2 | It takes two to tango , the United Nations secretary-general observed after pre-war talks with Saddam Hussein . |
| 3 | Missiles were ‘ dogs ’ , the airport was ‘ a swimming pool ’ , Iran was ‘ apple ’ ( in another code sheet it was ‘ Tango ’ , as in ‘ it takes two ’ ) Israel was ‘ banana ’ , the United States was ‘ orange ’ , hostages were ‘ zebras ’ . |
| 4 | If natural selection eliminates half the population in each generation , complete specification requires two generations of selection , one to eliminate C and G , and a second to eliminate T. Thus it takes two generations to specify each base . |
| 5 | It takes two and a half hours each way . |
| 6 | ‘ It takes two to make a baby … but men have always run away from their responsibilities . |
| 7 | Yet it takes two to compromise . |
| 8 | ( It takes two to play a game ) . |
| 9 | It takes two distinct forms in different species . |
| 10 | If it takes two to make an argument then each side must choose an issue over which some values ( ideals ? ) conflict . |
| 11 | Solomon might have replied ( the records do not give his side of the story ) that it takes two to quarrel . |
| 12 | It takes two months to make one costume ; the machines are old and Russians do n't know how to work . |
| 13 | Of course , it takes two to make an argument . |
| 14 | It takes two movements to operate the lace carriage , once to the right to transfer stitches then back OR once to the right to prepare and then back transferring stitches on the return to the left , leaving the main carriage clear to work two rows ; across , to place loops in empty needles and back to the right knitting all the stitches . |
| 15 | It takes two AA size alkaline batteries . |
| 16 | It takes two AA size batteries . |
| 17 | It takes two people to have safer sex in a relationship . |
| 18 | It takes two to tango ; and if one of them will not , there is no dance . |
| 19 | I should point out that in one of the features of adhesions is that it takes two to tango , so to speak ! |
| 20 | Right it takes two hours it 's going at a steady sixty , great , so we know that 's a hundred and sixty . |
| 21 | It takes two of those takes two of those to make a third to make . |
| 22 | Interlaced displays scan alternate lines , so that it takes two complete passes to display every line on-screen . |
| 23 | But it takes two to get pregnant , and it is just as important to educate boys about contraception . |
| 24 | It takes two of those to make a half . |
| 25 | The wax is on for about two minutes , and it takes two seconds to pull it off . |
| 26 | And then someone else at Ladymont once said that it takes two men to rape you . |
| 27 | Bitez offers exciting day cruising , but it takes two weeks to acclimatise most people to the strong winds ! |
| 28 | But the cold war 's neat polarities can hardly be carried on : it takes two to make a war , hot or cold . |
| 29 | It is presumably used by species in which it takes two adults to provide for the young . |
| 30 | ‘ Look , it takes two . |