Example sentences of "but it take [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 But it takes great courage for a politician to try and persuade voters of that fact .
2 Bitez offers exciting day cruising , but it takes two weeks to acclimatise most people to the strong winds !
3 Roses are naturally at their most beautiful in summer , but it takes year-long care to ensure they maintain their glory .
4 There were 2 attacks early on , but it takes stronger stuff than this to beat Grimsby .
5 Any man can be unfaithful , but it takes special circumstances to write a letter like that . ’
6 Probably most such birds possess more powerful navigational skills , such as those we shall discuss shortly for pigeons , but it takes special experiments to demonstrate the fact .
7 well ha you , what you have is you have erm the ship , first of all you have the ship , it 's a plain ship on a white background , then you have the lights on a black background and then you have that blue bit in the middle but it takes three shots
8 The hydrogen supply was shut off within 10 minutes , but it took two hours to put out the blaze . ’
9 But it took 10 minutes to haul her out and attempts to revive her failed .
10 ‘ It would have taken nine months to do them by hand , but it took six months this way .
11 The stripes were hardly noticeable , as the cut was left longer here , but it took slight bumps in the ground in its stride , and cut well up to edges .
12 At Lord 's , Fowler and Lloyd and Gower again made some runs , but it took thirty Extras to help their total to 196 .
13 But it took many years for the ordinary people of the area to benefit from tourism in any worthwhile economic sense .
14 But it took 5 months to find them accomodation after she was told to …
15 A wizened butler opened the door to Topaz , but it took five minutes of heated argument before she was allowed to step over the threshold of Stone Towers .
16 but it took five years
17 That 's right , yeah so I eventually managed it , but it took some negotiating .
18 But it took some while for the tractors to become available in other markets .
19 And then again I tell you you could use the enema , and that er but er mostly it would you know you would get right again , but it took some doing , not easy .
20 I knew what I had to do but it took some courage to switch that light on , I can tell you .
21 It was marvellous that it was all over , but it took some time to sink in , and in any event had no immediate effect on most of us .
22 Relatively little could be done for the first year or two ; Pitt had a view of the war that stretched over the whole world , but it took some time to prepare the resources to give effect to this vision .
23 But it took some time before any clear view emerged as to what these new arrangements should be .
24 But it took some time for our achievement to sink in .
25 But it took some time for our achievement to sink in .
26 The incident last weekend happened just a few hundred yards from Bishop Auckland ambulance station , but it took 25 minutes for a vehicle to arrive from Durham City 12 miles away .
27 Engaged as consultants , Alec Issigonis and Alex Moulton half solved the problem by changing the rear suspension , but it took another outsider to put BRM on the right track .
28 ‘ I started heart massage but it took three minutes to get any sign of life .
29 They were mostly wrong , but it took several years to find out .
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