Example sentences of "it take [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He says Fill her up … and it takes petrol … diesel engines had n't quite been perfected . |
| 2 | While it takes ingenuity and careful thought it is possible and productive to use drama at the centre of the curriculum , rather than as an occasional extra . |
| 3 | Meanwhile , observers , who claim there are still chats going on between HP and NeXT ( UX No 372 ) , say NeXTStep wo n't run on just any 486 : it takes SuperVGA just to get mono and a JAWS card to get colour . |
| 4 | The new system continues the services provided by its predecessor , but it takes advantage of the latest developments in technology to provide a high quality service in the most cost-effective way . |
| 5 | It ai n't far back to the house , but it takes ages cos we got to walk slow . |
| 6 | It takes ages because the garment has to be done in sections — it 's much easier if the shapes are all the same size . ’ |
| 7 | A My hair is so thick , it 's a hairdresser 's nightmare — it takes ages to cut and blow-dry . |
| 8 | Try running cold water into a hot bath — unless you stir it up , it takes ages to mix . |
| 9 | If you write a spreadsheet for somebody else , you might be using a sixty six megahertz four eight six duel processor erm , spaceship , and , somebody is using a steam driven I B M A T or something , and it runs quite acceptably on your machine , a reasonable speed , and you give it to somebody else on that steam driven thing , and it takes ages to do anything , and er , you press a button and they wait half an hour sort of thing . |
| 10 | But it 's given you a spreadsheet it takes ages to load it |
| 11 | It takes ages to get over operations . ’ |
| 12 | that electrolysis , that 's the best way but it takes ages . |
| 13 | It takes ages ! |
| 14 | No , it takes ages down there |
| 15 | The trouble with strawberry moose is , it takes ages to make does n't it ? |
| 16 | I did it in the sixth form , it 's really hard , it takes ages |
| 17 | And it takes ages to call |
| 18 | wo n't it takes ages |
| 19 | It takes ages . |
| 20 | mhm And they have to buy everything for you , and it takes ages does n't it . |
| 21 | Cos it it takes ages . |
| 22 | It takes play . |
| 23 | It takes decisions by majority vote . |
| 24 | yes the , the commission does n't seemed to of addressed itself to , to , the only question it seemed to of addressed itself to are whether the criteria objective , erm , that there could be reasons when it takes decisions and erm there should be an appeal procedure |
| 25 | Thus it takes society twice as many resources to make an extra film rather than an extra meal . |
| 26 | So we 've both got it takes me an hour and a quarter to get to Caernarfen and it takes Jan about an hour and a half to get to Leek because they 're such bad roads . |
| 27 | It takes genius to go from playful thoughts about beetles to a deep understanding of the Universe . |
| 28 | However , the Lappish people are more concerned about the plight of their traditional fishing waters , the loss of which is forever , much longer than it takes contamination from Russia to decay . |
| 29 | But it takes bottle to bury your feelings and accept defeat , no matter what the competition . |
| 30 | The BSDI contingents hopeful that Novell Inc will quash the suit once it takes USL over may be barking up the wrong tree . |