Example sentences of "it takes [num] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It takes fifteen strokes to get going . |
| 2 | But we may feel on reading this that it takes two to perform — that performance requires , in however regressive or circular a fashion , the self that so many people believe they have , and that this epistolary Zuckerman exhibits here , in a display of inadvertence which may or may not implicate Philip Roth . |
| 3 | Solomon might have replied ( the records do not give his side of the story ) that it takes two to quarrel . |
| 4 | Do not forget the old adage ‘ It takes two to pull ’ . |
| 5 | ‘ It takes two to make a baby … but men have always run away from their responsibilities . |
| 6 | If it takes two to make an argument then each side must choose an issue over which some values ( ideals ? ) conflict . |
| 7 | Of course , it takes two to make an argument . |
| 8 | But the cold war 's neat polarities can hardly be carried on : it takes two to make a war , hot or cold . |
| 9 | It takes two to tango , the United Nations secretary-general observed after pre-war talks with Saddam Hussein . |
| 10 | It takes two to tango ; and if one of them will not , there is no dance . |
| 11 | I should point out that in one of the features of adhesions is that it takes two to tango , so to speak ! |
| 12 | Where a character is obviously working class , such as in ‘ It Takes Two to Tango ’ , where the heiress ' dancing partner is a bit of ‘ rough ’ , the dialogue is written as Cockney ! |
| 13 | It takes two to tango , however , and I suspect we 'll still be here tomorrow discussing it . ’ |
| 14 | Yet it takes two to compromise . |
| 15 | ( It takes two to play a game ) . |
| 16 | But it takes two to get pregnant , and it is just as important to educate boys about contraception . |
| 17 | It takes three to tango . |