Example sentences of "take a [adj] [noun] [verb] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A variation that we used to do , but which takes a little practice to get right , is to cut an elastic band , hold one end with your thumb or finger tip just below the implant , reach round the back with the other hand , stretch the elastic and , keeping it stretched , bring the end round and over the section under your thumb , grip it in the same way , pass round again and over the starting point . |
| 2 | Would you think it actually takes a hundred calls to make one appointment , but each sale is not gon na be worth a thousand pound though is it ? |
| 3 | So it takes a long time think more egalitarian . |
| 4 | It takes a long time to get used to it . ’ |
| 5 | Since it necessarily takes a long time to produce such a report , the mandatory period within which the legal claim should be registered has frequently , even usually , expired before the report is available . |
| 6 | The keyboard controls can take a little time to get used to — here 's a list of the main commands : |
| 7 | It will take a little practice to get right , but a tie made properly and firmly in this way will ‘ feel ’ right , and it will at once be clear how and why this method does a job that other methods and materials do not do . |
| 8 | However , the Bill requires those galleries to buy works of art , but it will take a long time to make such acquisitions . |
| 9 | It would take a separate book to give all of the tragic accounts of the killings , and , in any case , this has already been done . |
| 10 | It can take a whole day to produce one boatload of rushes . |
| 11 | It did take a few minutes to get used to the cutting action of steadying the saw on it shoe , starting the motor , then gradually starting the cut by pivoting down with the blade , but it was a knack soon acquired . |
| 12 | The authorities say that will take a few days to put right . |
| 13 | But it 'll take a brave competitor to challenge any decision he calls |
| 14 | Oh they 're taking a long time to get these last two runs are n't they ? |
| 15 | After leaving the Navy , it took a little time to become used to a normal bed again , as the hammock had proved to be such an ideal sleeping arrangement . |
| 16 | When she first joined the company , packing vitamins and herbal medicines three years ago , she took a little time to get used to the work . |
| 17 | And that took a long time getting used to . |
| 18 | We got away with it somehow , but it took a long time to live that one down . |
| 19 | Although the academic study of Roman law took a long time to have practical effect , by the 1170s and 1180s it was occasionally cited authoritatively in some at least of the courts of the south . |
| 20 | An attempt to establish a ‘ liberal communist ’ regime under Imre Nagy which appeared likely to take Hungary out of the Warsaw Treaty Organisation was brutally crushed by Soviet tanks in October 1956 , and a new leadership under János Kádár was installed which took a long time to establish any measure of domestic support . |
| 21 | Jenna slept badly , waking with a throbbing pain in her head , and it took a great effort to swing both her feet from the bed and sit on the edge . |
| 22 | Miss Honey took a few moments to let this curious statement sink in . |
| 23 | It took a few months to destroy this illusion . |
| 24 | In a cool sheltered position , with a damp-proof membrane , it took a few days to harden enough to build on . |
| 25 | She points out that after battling against the booze for some years it only took a short relapse to destroy much of what she 'd worked for . |
| 26 | Masters champion Fred Couples , tied for the lead after 17 holes , drove his ball out of bounds on the 18th and took a double bogey to drop one shot behind the Zimbabwean at 71 in the 36-hole event between winners of this year 's four major championships . |
| 27 | ‘ It has taken a long time getting Australian rugby to the top and we are n't about to throw that away in one game , ’ he added . |
| 28 | Some of you er you know it 's taken a long time to get this message over . |
| 29 | Very good very good now a lot of people take a long time to get that . |
| 30 | Just have to try and , take a little while to get used to it . |