Example sentences of "and it take [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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1 | Nigel : But 40 leading scientists do say that carbon dioxide is made in producing uranium and building the reactors , and power stations are not the main source of greenhouse gases anyway ; and nuclear programmes divert money from energy-saving programmes , and it takes six years to build a nuclear power station and you can save that amount of carbon dioxide in six months by saving energy . |
2 | The wax is on for about two minutes , and it takes two seconds to pull it off . |
3 | Fear is the key , and it takes many forms . |
4 | and wrap it up into a package and say you know if anything goes wrong and it takes four hours then you |
5 | and it takes these batteries and everything and she says I 'll pick them up eleven cock , o'clock on Friday |
6 | The Whitehall switchboard was a model of inefficiency as usual , and it took twelve minutes to try the various rooms and people who might know . |
7 | It became known as the Doomsday Book and it took two years to compile , but it illustrated that England was then a land of extensive royal forests and open fields , with only a few townships in the forest clearings , or at a river crossing . |
8 | I got caught and it took six policemen to hold me down . |
9 | The house was in bad shape when they bought it and it took six months to finish . |
10 | I would have been here sooner but one of our carriage horses slung a shoe and it took four hours to find a smith . |
11 | ‘ And it took four years of trials before they did , ’ McGeechan grins . |
12 | Watering of the services turned out to be a job when the Standard 4 drained the Aberystwyth water tank and it took four trips for the local fire brigade to water Hinton Manor . |
13 | Picture quality was poor and it took 30 seconds to process each frame . |
14 | He established himself in the heart of Sicily , near Etna , about 449 , and it took several years and several expeditions by Syracuse to dislodge him . |
15 | They did exchange it in the end but I had to be very insistent and it took three months . |
16 | He also admits to having a streak of the trainspotter in him , and it took three days ploughing through his extensive record collection before he finally managed to produce a top ten . |
17 | I took the bits home in a lorry and it took 25 years to rebuild . |