Example sentences of "and it take [adv] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Duck and Frog search for their friends and it takes quite some time to find them all . |
| 2 | Unfortunately however , these functions are poorly documented and it takes quite some time to discover how to use them . |
| 3 | Alton Towers clearly is an exception but again , you have to pay a lot of money for it and it takes quite some time to get the return er , back and , and I would say that erm , many of Michael 's erm , er , organic erm , er , expenditure will , will erm , provide er , a really good return rather quicker but in the long run we think Alton is good . |
| 4 | and it takes about eighty records at a time because it 's using forty five letters with the |
| 5 | These three islands share a history that reads like a pirate novel and it takes very little research to find documented facts detailing pirate treasure and shipwrecks galore . |
| 6 | It was an explosive cocktail and it took just one spark to bring on her illness . |
| 7 | A hay rake full of wet , rotting leaves can be very heavy , and it took around twenty heavings as a rule to clear enough to stop the pipe gasping for breath — or , rather , water . |
| 8 | The hotel had its own high-class shopping area , and it took only one telephone call to arrange for an assortment of clothes to be sent up . |
| 9 | So how can they do , and it took about ten years to build this |
| 10 | It cracked the wall down that side and it took out that window put a big crack in there and also in the ceiling . |
| 11 | I kept on waking up in a panic , thinking I had missed an observation , and it took quite some while to get my internal clock re-adjusted to normal waking and sleeping hours . |
| 12 | She had been married for five years and it took as many years again to finalise the divorce . |