Example sentences of "it take [adv] a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It takes either a flat battery ( MN1203 ) , three AA batteries ( MN1500 ) with a round cell adaptor E06 , or a Petzl E55 rechargeable battery . |
| 2 | Clearly it takes on a further significance in the context of the discussion in this paper . |
| 3 | Obviously , when sport offers itself as one of the few accessible routes away from deprivation , as it was to the early slaves , it takes on an attractive quality . |
| 4 | While the first group of dogs feeds — it takes just a few seconds for them to finish the bowls , right down to the lick clean — I huff on my fingers , more hopefully than knowingly . |
| 5 | It takes just a few seconds to alter CONFIG.SYS and AUTOEXEC.BAT to make these changes . |
| 6 | It takes just a few seconds , but it gives horses better security for life . |
| 7 | On the tips it takes just a few years . |
| 8 | For most materials — like iron and stone — it takes only a tiny fraction of a calorie to raise the temperature by one degree C. |
| 9 | It takes only a small leap of imagination to think of much wider applications , from artificial wetlands full of bird-life designed to remove agricultural phosphates from Loch Leven 's influent streams , perhaps , to plant-filled lagoons created to transform fish farm effluents into natural water gardens . |
| 10 | It takes only a few minutes . |
| 11 | If the skin is healthy , it takes only a few minutes for the molecules to be absorbed ; much longer if the skin is congested or if there is much subcutaneous fat . |
| 12 | It takes only a few minutes down to the shore , and I stop by the pier where one or two herring gulls are sitting rather listlessly , and a couple of hooded crows are poking about on the beach . |
| 13 | It takes only a few minutes to carry out this simple exercise , but it will greatly improve your ability to recognise genuinely lost coins when your search head passes over them . |
| 14 | It takes out a blue tag printed with the words ‘ Staff in confidence ’ and sticks it into the space on the label . |
| 15 | Erm something they tell you throughout the , it takes quite a long time . |
| 16 | Indeed , it takes quite a wise person to be sufficiently aware that they have a problem to seek professional help . |
| 17 | The loco remained in service until 1947 but those final years saw it take on a neglected appearance but it remained at Gorton intact until 1950 . |
| 18 | But it took on an extra role during the Gulf War , when it was flown in tandem with Tornados . |
| 19 | As it was it took nearly a hundred men to pull him out . |
| 20 | It took just a split second to find out the hard way about the pain and disruption so many families in this country go through every year . |
| 21 | It took just a few instants for him to realise that the huddled figure was Mayli Koulo . |
| 22 | That occurred although it took up a large slice of their already-depleted income , and they also ran the risk of getting lung cancer and other smoking related diseases , and placed the health of their children in jeopardy . |
| 23 | It took quite a long time to climb up to his preferred perch on the monster , even using the bits of wood and string he 'd painstakingly tied to it … him . |
| 24 | Dana Gillespie : ‘ DeFries always thought that in order for us to absorb musical culture as it should be from America , we should actually go and live in America , and it took quite a few months for it all to be organized . |
| 25 | It took only a few minutes to pack their belongings . |
| 26 | It took only a few minutes for the Doctor to break down and analyse the strangely oily powder , using the lateral molecular rectifier to be absolutely certain . |
| 27 | It took only a few minutes to run to the kitchen and request Agnes Diggory to take Lady Merchiston 's luncheon tray straight upstairs when it was ready , and then Theda passed out of the house into the early warmth of a sunny April day , Hector charging ahead . |
| 28 | As the launch and the bows of the sinking yacht were now almost level it took only a few seconds to transfer the six survivors — another had joined the group of five that Talbot had seen — aboard the launch . |
| 29 | It took only a few seconds to order six droids and a goods transporter to the 65th level cargo bay . |
| 30 | It took only a few seconds for Benny to rush on and spot her unknowing guides . |