Example sentences of "take much [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Says one inmate : ’ I do n't think it takes much to become a prison officer . |
| 2 | They point out that the group has a banking facility limit of £190m , and though it does have £10m more of properties to be sold it does not take much to push the Lowndes to this limit . |
| 3 | Y you know it 's it does n't take much to push someone into the situation where they 're prepared to take a big loan from a money lender , to try and clear all their other debts . |
| 4 | When you are stretched , it does n't take much to snap you apart . |
| 5 | It did n't take much to persuade her to come and nothing would have prevented me from seeing precisely what it was that had turned my schoolfriend into what the Daily Express called ‘ a phenomena ’ . |
| 6 | The exhibition 's open to all , but it did n't take much to persuade Scotland Today 's Patsi MacKenzie to wander along for a preview . |
| 7 | It did n't take much to move Dreadnought . " |
| 8 | But it does n't take much to draw a smile from him , and almost everything in the country — especially its people — provides material for his humour . |
| 9 | It would not take much to turn fiercely independent professionals into demoralised , tame civil servants looking over their shoulders rather than at patients . |
| 10 | It did not take much to reason that international capitalism had failed and that a new order must replace it . |
| 11 | I do n't think it will take much to count mine ! |
| 12 | You keep your teeth for life and it does n't take much to work towards this goal — just follow the advice given in this leaflet . |
| 13 | It does not take much to imagine a situation in which the world 's foreign exchange markets are pushing the pound in one direction and the mark in the other . |
| 14 | It does not take much to imagine the effect of this on a group of already dispirited players , all of whom held him in the warmest affection . |
| 15 | In other words , publishing commitments have to be substantial and it does not take much to sap confidence when the risk is so high . |
| 16 | Probably it would n't take much to reactivate things , but on the other hand , if she was one of those drearily perennial virgins it was n't really worth the effort . |
| 17 | It does n't take much to become a refugee . |
| 18 | It was n't much of a joke , but then it did n't take much to make Karen laugh . |
| 19 | When the pot begins to boil and the bubbles rise quickly to the surface , it does n't take much to make it boil right over . |
| 20 | As Erica Macdonald admits , it did not take much to make the girls steer away . |
| 21 | Otherwise , for a jingle of coin we can do you a selection of gory romances , full o fine cadence and corpses , pirated from the Italian ; and it does n't take much to make a jingle — even a single coin has music in it . |
| 22 | He was two last Christmas , he 's lovely an'all , but you see it does n't take much to get out of a routine . |
| 23 | It did n't take much to get him back into proper work ; the pleasant surprise was that the three weeks holiday had done him a lot of good . |
| 24 | well I want you to learn them it does n't take much to learn them either going to learn them |
| 25 | It had n't taken much to disturb the woman-of-the-world pose . |