Example sentences of "[subord] it take the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ian can blast this cruise missile on wheels to 100mph in less time than it takes the average family car to reach 30mph . |
| 2 | Where plot might be jettisoned , story is retained as a principle of connection : ‘ Once the story is launched it must go on it must follow its course however crooked it may be even if it takes the wrong direction ’ ( 1976b ) . |
| 3 | This was critical , since it took the new tax from being a hybrid to being a loosely-disguised property tax . |
| 4 | There can be no sense in the DTI 's refusal to publish the House of Fraser report on the grounds that it might prejudice a Serious Fraud Office inquiry when it took the opposite course over Blue Arrow . |
| 5 | This is called benevolence , more especially so when it takes the broad form of a wish for the happiness of others in general . |