Example sentences of "[adv] it take [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Waiting her turn , trying not to feel overwhelmed by the noise in the bustling concourse , Chesarynth watched how long it took each person ahead of her . |
| 2 | He then watched to see how long it took another pair to occupy the two kinds of territory . |
| 3 | Yet when asked how long it takes each week to prepare and construct the next sequence , Dr Postlethwait is accustomed to laugh heartily ( as he did when I asked him ) and reply , " Oh , about fifty hours . " |
| 4 | The ‘ now ’ here instead corresponds to the ‘ now ’ on & alpha Centauri in 4.5 years ' time , because that is how long it takes light to get from here to there . |
| 5 | So it takes all the pain out of coming up with annual appraisals because you 've been doing it on an incremental basis . |
| 6 | Nevertheless it took many centuries for Edinburgh to become unequivocally the royal and national capital . |
| 7 | Normally it takes three or four years to complete the apprenticeship , but Reay helped by his ten year 's experience of weaving and considerable determination , achieved it in half the time . |
| 8 | If natural selection eliminates half the population in each generation , complete specification requires two generations of selection , one to eliminate C and G , and a second to eliminate T. Thus it takes two generations to specify each base . |
| 9 | Thus it takes considerable courage and persistence at times for the carer to press the needs of the dependent , let alone her/his personal needs . |
| 10 | Okay anyway it takes twenty eight days for the moon to orbit the earth . |
| 11 | Anyway it takes more . |
| 12 | Usually it takes three days , but in a hurry … . ’ |
| 13 | They 'll find out it takes more than just a little hope |
| 14 | Previously it had taken Ford 14 hours to assemble a car ; now it took 93 minutes . |
| 15 | Now it took several years for er the new incentive scheme to be introduced throughout the whole of the works and I think during my last discussion you know , I did indicate that the fitters for example , you know , were about the last group to go on . |
| 16 | and they 'll be here half an hour or three quarters of an hour , he smoked four cigarettes , now it takes all day and all night to get rid of them fumes of his cigarettes |
| 17 | Well it takes all th , no it 's all tied in with the plumbing you see , it 's there and everything . |
| 18 | Two hundred years ago it took five days for news to get from Paris to Strasbourg . |
| 19 | Right it takes two hours it 's going at a steady sixty , great , so we know that 's a hundred and sixty . |
| 20 | Luckily it takes more than swirling snow and an Arctic wind to blow Swindon off course these days . |
| 21 | ‘ I spotted the old Humber while I was on duty and at first thought it would take me a couple of years to restore — but eventually it took seven ! |
| 22 | ‘ Awful how it takes some people . ’ |
| 23 | Sometimes it takes two minutes and sometimes it takes twenty . |
| 24 | Sometimes it takes two minutes and sometimes it takes twenty . |
| 25 | So maybe it took one minute more than it should as the crow flies . |
| 26 | Nevertheless AFHQ was not informed that the Croats had been turned back until the morning of 16 May , and even then it took some time for the information to be fully taken in by all branches concerned . |
| 27 | stated that it was nice to hear from the USA , and emphasised that there it took four years to qualify as an embalmer and wondered what students would think of that . |
| 28 | Instead it took five . |
| 29 | ‘ Over-involved ’ is a derogatory label still used by professionals to describe anxious , supportive relatives , yet it takes extraordinary judgment and sensitivity to manage a close relative 's abnormal beliefs and behaviour in a way which neither colludes with pathological beliefs nor alienates the sufferer . |
| 30 | Yet it takes two to compromise . |