Example sentences of "it takes three [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It takes three generations to make a gentleman , they say ; but the sons and daughters of impoverished immigrants into London in Victorian times were only one remove from their humble roots elsewhere — every reason , therefore , to collect around themselves the trappings of grandeur . |
| 2 | It takes three pages to demolish Philip . |
| 3 | If this book has a significant weakness , it is simply that it takes three chapters to get into its stride . |
| 4 | Usually it takes three days , but in a hurry … . ’ |
| 5 | It is very large and to reach it takes three days and nights . |
| 6 | Well we 're not bathing him again it takes three days to dry him |
| 7 | well ha you , what you have is you have erm the ship , first of all you have the ship , it 's a plain ship on a white background , then you have the lights on a black background and then you have that blue bit in the middle but it takes three shots |
| 8 | It takes three months to commit even a simple one to memory , and then once you 've used it , pouf ! it 's gone . |
| 9 | They say it takes three months or so to show up . |
| 10 | Henning Albrechsten reckons that it takes three years for a telecottage to be able to function without subsidy . |
| 11 | She points out that there are five thousand people on the waiting list wanting to take up a Body Shop franchise and that it takes three years before any of them succeed . |
| 12 | It takes three years to become a qualified craftsman , said Mr Rowney , who trains wall builders at Botton village , near Danby , in the Esk Valley . |