Example sentences of "it usually takes [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | EXCEPT where rocks are heavily cracked or fissured , it usually takes many years for water to find its way down through the soil and the unsaturated zone to the saturated zone of an aquifer . |
| 2 | Many beautiful animal portraits have been submitted over the months of the competition , but it usually takes that special ‘ something ’ to create the magic of a prize-winning photograph — perhaps a bird captured in mid-flight , or the moment of sheer wonder on a child 's face as it encounters one of the several animal species now allowed to roam freely in the zoo grounds . |
| 3 | Preventing own goals is a prudent tactic , but it usually takes more to win . |
| 4 | It can take effect immediately , but it usually takes twenty minutes or so for the full effects to be felt . |
| 5 | The multiple orgasm in the woman and rapid recovery of erection after ejaculation in the man were " discovered " by popular writers a few years ago and plugged relentlessly ; yet in the woman one violent orgasm may outweigh several minor ones or the latter may not even be invariably desired , while in the man a rapid re-erection is often physically impossible ( in the more virile youngster it usually takes half to three-quarters of an hour , in the older man anything up to 24 , but there is wide variation between individuals and in differently stimulating situations ) . |
| 6 | It usually takes three or four days for the pigment which gives you your tan to develop . |
| 7 | So when I 'm on tour my guitar playing hurts a little bit , and it usually takes three or four days to get my chops back . ’ |
| 8 | It usually takes several days for the pain to subside , although it can linger for weeks . |