Example sentences of "[pron] [vb -s] not take [adv] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It does not take long to reach negligible proportions . |
| 2 | But it does not take long to decide that the experiment is being conducted with skill , and that the pursuits have at least a little in common . |
| 3 | It does not take long to get used to plotting points on screen with the mouse , so creating simple straight line shapes soon becomes quite easy . |
| 4 | I have to confess that on many occasions I have had recourse to Hansard , of course only to check if my interpretation had conflicted with an express Parliamentary intention , but I can say that it does not take long to recall and assemble the relevant passages in which the particular section was dealt with in Parliament , nor does it take long to see if anything relevant was said . |
| 5 | No lunch is provided and it does not take long to eat what little they bring — a bit of salad , some bread and maybe a hard-boiled egg . |
| 6 | Baveno is a pretty village , although it does n't take long to explore it all . |
| 7 | Of course , you can just leave unwanted software on your hard disk , but with the average application taking up something between 10 and 20Mb , it does n't take long to fill your hard disk with junk . |
| 8 | The Very Revd Dr J. Fraser McLuskey , M.C. , who served as chaplain to the 1st Regiment , summed up its quality in his book Parachute Padre : ‘ It does n't take long to sense the atmosphere of a strange Mess . |
| 9 | Yes , at fifty instead of sixty , they said you retire at age fifty and we will make your pension up to what you would have got at age sixty and we will also do the same with you lump sum and so now you know , this and they did that with thirty thousand I think went in one year , it does n't take long to get rid of one point seven billion pounds when you 're doing for that er that number of people erm and |
| 10 | It does n't take long to get there . |
| 11 | It does n't take long to learn the basics of how to set it up and operate it . |
| 12 | She looks permanently worried , and it does n't take long to find why . |