Example sentences of "it take [art] [adj] [noun pl] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It takes a few moments to adjust — one moment one is dry , wearing dry swimming trunks and walking about , and the next one is progressively getting wetter ( including the swimming trunks , which somehow seems particularly inappropriate ) — and it 's only when half a length or so has been swum that the whole thing seems ordinary again . |
| 2 | cos it was all fresh cos he was gon na get meat tomorrow and the following day , so I says to him I says well why did n't you use your cheque book ? , he says oh I never thought of that he says , cos it takes a few days to get it , he do n't know with a cheque book |
| 3 | Chloe explains it takes a few days to learn how to breastfeed . |
| 4 | It takes a few weeks to establish in the tank before it begins to grow . |
| 5 | WHY , in the age of the microchip , does it take a few seconds to phone Australia but four full working days for a cheque to clear ? |
| 6 | Everything looked so propitious it took a few minutes nibbling to realise that the lamb had been cooked to the point of anonymity and the prawns , although big and fat , were so bland they tasted more like good bread rolls than fish . |
| 7 | In a cool sheltered position , with a damp-proof membrane , it took a few days to harden enough to build on . |
| 8 | Out from behind a petrol pump appeared a figure that was female , though it took a few seconds to realise it . |
| 9 | It took a few months to destroy this illusion . |
| 10 | I understand that this was pretty common , quite common throughout British Railways , it took a few years to knit together you know , the nationalization and the fact that we were just the same railway after that . |
| 11 | Granada Group Plc 's third party maintenance provider , Granada Computer Services , believes its new React Centre and reorganised customer services operation will enable it to take the big manufacturers head on . |