Example sentences of "it [adv] take a [det] " in BNC.

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1 It only takes a few moments to apply for Accident Cashguard 's important cover .
2 It only takes a few moments to apply for Accident Cashguard 's important cover .
3 It only takes a few minutes , ’ said one .
4 It only takes a few minutes to write yet receiving a letter out of the blue can mean such a lot to somebody .
5 What 's more , it only takes a few weeks for the real rewards to start appearing .
6 Still , it only takes a few bars of Kondrashin ( the work 's first interpreter ) to feel what the music is really driving at — this is part of a two-disc set with the first three symphonies on Le Chant du Monde .
7 Once you know the volume and page of your statute in the main work ( or in the Continuation Volumes ) , it only takes a few minutes to find the annotations in the Cumulative Supplement and Current Statutes Service .
8 But although it only takes a few minutes , life without thick glasses has a cost .
9 It only takes a few minutes .
10 It only takes a few minutes .
11 But it was a fun film , it only took a few days work — and I got to meet Mick Jagger ! ’
12 Putting the ‘ corpse ’ down , she gave up and was gazing sadly at the small body when , about two minutes after its ‘ death ’ , it suddenly took a few very deep breaths and started to move about .
13 She 'd never been the crying sort — but it just took a few well-chosen words from him to reduce her to a jelly .
14 The first term is always an unsettling time , and it generally takes a few weeks before students become familiar with each other , and work together effectively .
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