Example sentences of "[conj] it take two [noun] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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1 | And then someone else at Ladymont once said that it takes two men to rape you . |
2 | The wax is on for about two minutes , and it takes two seconds to pull it off . |
3 | It became known as the Doomsday Book and it took two years to compile , but it illustrated that England was then a land of extensive royal forests and open fields , with only a few townships in the forest clearings , or at a river crossing . |
4 | Bitez offers exciting day cruising , but it takes two weeks to acclimatise most people to the strong winds ! |
5 | The hydrogen supply was shut off within 10 minutes , but it took two hours to put out the blaze . ’ |
6 | It does n't , sometimes it goes more slowly sometimes it goes more quickly , sometimes it stops but because it takes two hours to do the hundred miles we say its average speed for the journey is fifty miles per hour . |