Example sentences of "it take [adv] a few [noun pl] " in BNC.
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1 | 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 . |
2 | It takes just a few seconds to alter CONFIG.SYS and AUTOEXEC.BAT to make these changes . |
3 | It takes just a few seconds , but it gives horses better security for life . |
4 | On the tips it takes just a few years . |
5 | It takes only a few minutes . |
6 | 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 . |
7 | 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 . |
8 | 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 . |
9 | It took just a few instants for him to realise that the huddled figure was Mayli Koulo . |
10 | 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 . |
11 | It took only a few minutes to pack their belongings . |
12 | 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 . |
13 | 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 . |
14 | 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 . |
15 | It took only a few seconds to order six droids and a goods transporter to the 65th level cargo bay . |
16 | It took only a few seconds for Benny to rush on and spot her unknowing guides . |