Example sentences of "it takes [noun] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | mhm And they have to buy everything for you , and it takes ages does n't it . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | And it takes ages to call |
| 4 | Try running cold water into a hot bath — unless you stir it up , it takes ages to mix . |
| 5 | But it 's given you a spreadsheet it takes ages to load it |
| 6 | A My hair is so thick , it 's a hairdresser 's nightmare — it takes ages to cut and blow-dry . |
| 7 | The trouble with strawberry moose is , it takes ages to make does n't it ? |
| 8 | It takes ages to get over operations . ’ |
| 9 | It takes genius to go from playful thoughts about beetles to a deep understanding of the Universe . |
| 10 | But it takes bottle to bury your feelings and accept defeat , no matter what the competition . |
| 11 | If you are in the river and pee in the water , it can sense your urine and will swim up to lodge in you , swimming up the nearest orifice and sticking out its barbs , which is meant to be excruciatingly painful — and it takes surgery to get one out . |
| 12 | Unless you are insane , it takes guts to sacrifice your whole family and die with them . ’ |
| 13 | It takes guts to break away from the ties that bind you . |
| 14 | I said , it takes hours going shopping with you ! |
| 15 | The , the green one it takes hours to cut used to take about three hours for me to cut all the grass with that one . |
| 16 | Again , it takes money to stock a shop , so we just ca n't provide these goods any more . ’ |
| 17 | WE are going to stop apologising to ourselves for the fact that it takes money to run this organisation . |
| 18 | It takes money to run successful programmes , especially in a country like the U.S. where the distances between major cities are so large . |
| 19 | It is a little like the adage that it takes money to make money . |
| 20 | It takes fury to rouse her ? |
| 21 | It takes conviction to stand firm when there is a price to pay , when a strong authority is openly hostile or when the surrounding consensus considers belief ridiculous , harmful or unpatriotic . |
| 22 | It takes energy to defend a territory from intrusive neighbouring birds , and the larger the territory the larger the border that has to be guarded . |
| 23 | ‘ I 'll put in a request for them to check out Albany ’ George grumbled , ‘ but it takes months to get them to do your office never mind your home . |
| 24 | This is a shot worth practising because it takes confidence to know you can hit this shot quite hard and the ball still might not pass the flag . |
| 25 | The main experimental procedure will involve measuring how long it takes people to read successive segments of carefully-prepared sentences presented on a microcomputer screen . |
| 26 | The most common type used by gardeners is drawn through the earth by rotors that dig the soil and it takes practice to get the knack of using it . |
| 27 | And it takes nerve to walk and sit to order in the glare of the lights with all those people watching . |
| 28 | It takes nerve to haggle over the small print if you are told that your new colleagues have worked under similar terms for years without batting an eyelid . |
| 29 | But it takes nerve to make the first step . |
| 30 | It takes science to come along and tell us that what is going on under these circumstances is a brain process , let alone to tell us which brain process it is . |