Example sentences of "[pron] takes [adv] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Just outside Ribeiro Frio the road is crossed by yet another levada walk , that to the right being a Particularly nice one to Portela which takes about four hours . |
| 2 | It 's quicker to go there yourself ( you 'll get a copy within about three days ) but you can also apply by post , which takes about four months . |
| 3 | The company likes to oversee as much of the recording to pressing operation as possible — which takes about four months . |
| 4 | With steelmaking they work in er two hundred and fifty tonnes roughly at a time , pour it in the basic oxygen steelmaking furnace , blow oxygen into the steel which takes about twenty minutes , then the steel with one or two other processes is basically ready to be used . |
| 5 | It 's only 100 metres to the main road where a regular bus service will take you into the bustling resort centre of Magalluf , a 5 k ride which takes about 15 minutes , where a wider variety of bars , restaurants and nightlife can be found , or to Palma Nova 3km away , for a superb selection of restaurants . |
| 6 | Until this resting potential has been attained which takes about 0.0004 seconds no further impulse can be passed along the fibre . |
| 7 | Allen stresses that HAH , which takes about 400 patients a year and has received some help from Sainsbury Family Charitable Trusts , enables some people to by-pass the local hospital altogether . |
| 8 | She takes away some photocopies of his published articles — on green issues , gender , hunt sabotage and Jewish ethics — and promises to keep in touch . |
| 9 | She takes really bad liberties with people and oth and other peoples things and stuff . |
| 10 | Cos she takes about two pounds of root ginger peels it |
| 11 | But you 'd be hard pressed to find someone who takes as much time and care with a musical instrument as Tony Zemaitis . |
| 12 | A large one takes away neat chemical and washings . |
| 13 | But if one takes only one kilometre , again there is insufficient room for a settlement which would not be close up against the greenbelt boundary proposed by the County Council , and close up against the A sixty four . |
| 14 | It takes either great pretentiousness or great brilliance ( or an outrageous combination of the two ) for a young poet to proclaim himself as Orpheus in the first poem of his first book . |
| 15 | It takes either three men working at ten hours . |
| 16 | There can be no doubt that it takes gruellingly hard work to reach the top echelon in aerobatics , and each member of the British Aerobatic Team '92 has more than adequately demonstrated their worth . |
| 17 | It takes just five minutes for the interviewer to ask , ‘ So where did you get the name from ? ’ |
| 18 | It takes just five seconds for him to realize that there are only so many hours in the working day to establish the key priorities and apply his mind to them . |
| 19 | It takes just five seconds for him to eliminate the stress . |
| 20 | It takes just two minutes for a burglar to turn a home into a nightmare — in the city of Gloucester police are being called up to twelve times a day by families finding scenes like these . |
| 21 | It takes approximately four years in the British climate for a fish to attain that length ( and equivalent weight of about 1lb 4oz ) . |
| 22 | Bearing in mind that it takes approximately 12 weeks from planting to flowering , it is possible to grow bulbs of many species and varieties to flower at the same time for a spectacular display , and also plant for a succession of flowers if potting up is carefully timed . |
| 23 | As a guideline it takes approximately 40 minutes for four people to play 1 game . |
| 24 | It takes around 45 minutes to make a blood donation and staff at AEA are invited to donate twice a year . |
| 25 | It takes only one missile to get through , and lives may be lost , not to mention the ship . |
| 26 | It takes only one leak to sink a ship , one gate to let in a Trojan horse . |
| 27 | It takes only 10 minutes to get to the shops in the wheelchair . |
| 28 | However , according to ICL , it takes only 10 seconds to reactivate the system . |
| 29 | HP reckons it takes only 30 minutes to complete the swap and get the new system running . |
| 30 | Both can run the same software , and Telecom Eire , a new Alpha user , says it takes only 30 minutes to upgrade VAX to Alpha . |