Example sentences of "[verb] it take [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Why has it taken forty years for agriculture to be incorporated . |
| 2 | check it out for them and they want a quote , say it takes two blokes an hour each |
| 3 | They say it takes three months or so to show up . |
| 4 | It is very large and to reach it takes three days and nights . |
| 5 | I can not believe it took two weeks to discover that three of our Olympic athletes had taken drugs . |
| 6 | But as it is as you say you know it took five minutes before it all happened in I find this very do n't you ? |
| 7 | And I mean they say with skin grafts it takes two years before they 're completely settled and accepted . |
| 8 | It was Christmas Eve and , during the interval in Coriolanus that night , he put the bird in the oven , expecting it to take fourteen hours to cook . |
| 9 | ‘ Well , I suppose it takes all sorts to make a world . ’ |
| 10 | , Your aircraft is cruising at a TAS of 120 knots and you find it takes 47 minutes to cover the eighty nautical mile leg from Bembridge to Lydd . |
| 11 | Er , it 's very difficult , yes you all laughed when I asked a question last year from over there to get a capital P in Pearson because you all laughed it took twenty weeks to get it in The Times , do you remember ? |
| 12 | From 1984 the anti-nuclear policy of the then newly elected Labour Government in New Zealand led it to take successive steps which the United States regarded as contrary to its obligations under the Pacific Security Treaty . |
| 13 | No but I mean why did it take three hours to get him to surgery ? |
| 14 | I put I think it takes nine times to get them across so if two boys go across and one boy comes back one man goes across one boy comes back , two boys goes go across one boy comes back one man goes across one boy comes back and two boys go across . |
| 15 | The AIF expects it to take 68 months to complete st Lucie 2 in Florida , which is due to be commissioned this year . |
| 16 | Mark 's acceptance at Oxford proves it takes different strokes , different brush strokes that is , to move the world . |
| 17 | I was talking to her and I said do you work ? and she said no I do n't and she said my children are I V F children In vitro fertilization , so I said how come ? , how fascinating , she said it was n't very fascinating I can assure you , she said it took five years to have them , well she put plainly they pioneered it down there did n't they ? |
| 18 | Among those offering concrete commitments were National Westminster Bank , which said it took environmental issues into account when considering loan requests [ see ED 58 ] , and the Austin Reed clothing company , which claims to encourage its suppliers to meet environmental standards . |
| 19 | Dr Marc Cartwright , anaesthetist on the cardiac arrest team , said it took several minutes to spot the mistake and insert the tube properly . |
| 20 | Mr Jones , who was accompanied sub-officer James Gibson , said it took ten minutes to complete the rescue operation . |
| 21 | Discovering it takes many months . |