Example sentences of "take only [art] [det] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It takes only a few minutes . |
| 2 | If the skin is healthy , it takes only a few minutes for the molecules to be absorbed ; much longer if the skin is congested or if there is much subcutaneous fat . |
| 3 | It takes only a few minutes down to the shore , and I stop by the pier where one or two herring gulls are sitting rather listlessly , and a couple of hooded crows are poking about on the beach . |
| 4 | This takes only a few minutes and should be done every few days . |
| 5 | It takes only a few minutes to carry out this simple exercise , but it will greatly improve your ability to recognise genuinely lost coins when your search head passes over them . |
| 6 | The following exercise would take only a few minutes every day . |
| 7 | It would take only a few minutes to open a door , search out the riding boots and pour a little mercury over each spur . ’ |
| 8 | Tidying your Windows Program Manager will take only a few minutes and might save hours of frustration in the future . |
| 9 | The pack emphasises that , for most smaller employers , assessments need take only a few minutes ' observation and the use of common sense . |
| 10 | Over to the right the tiny Islay ferry boat was just leaving , taking only a few cars and their passengers on the trip . |
| 11 | Since there are no employer 's references to be sought , self-certified loans are quicker to process , often taking only a few days . |
| 12 | Yet their death by chainsaw took only a few moments . |
| 13 | The descent took only a few minutes , but then the man had to make a laborious return journey with the empty sledge , which might take half an hour . |
| 14 | It took only a few minutes to pack their belongings . |
| 15 | It took only a few minutes for the Doctor to break down and analyse the strangely oily powder , using the lateral molecular rectifier to be absolutely certain . |
| 16 | It took only a few minutes to run to the kitchen and request Agnes Diggory to take Lady Merchiston 's luncheon tray straight upstairs when it was ready , and then Theda passed out of the house into the early warmth of a sunny April day , Hector charging ahead . |
| 17 | The map shown in Figure 4.1 took only a few minutes to produce , and is easily amended and redrawn . |
| 18 | Since the whole process took only a few seconds for each blank and the woman was working full-time it could not be denied that this woman knew , from her own sensory experience , a great deal about the making of magnets . |
| 19 | As the launch and the bows of the sinking yacht were now almost level it took only a few seconds to transfer the six survivors — another had joined the group of five that Talbot had seen — aboard the launch . |
| 20 | It took only a few seconds to order six droids and a goods transporter to the 65th level cargo bay . |
| 21 | It took only a few seconds for Benny to rush on and spot her unknowing guides . |
| 22 | She missed two games before finding it behind a cushion , but then took only a few days to call house on number 52 in game 230 . |
| 23 | Susceptibility to the toxic effects of paracetamol taken in overdose differs between people , which may explain why some patients survive having taken large amounts of paracetamol while others die having taken only a few tablets more than the eight tablets ( 4 g ) a day recommended by the manufacturers . |
| 24 | Moeri 's original procedure , of adding the chemicals to the second vat , would however have taken only a few minutes and would have left the reaction in no condition to explode . |
| 25 | There had been no problem in finding a matching replacement for the cut piece ; a hardware shop in Inverness had supplied it , and it had taken only a few minutes to fit . |
| 26 | This has given them a movie picture of the structural changes , built up from snapshots taken only a few seconds apart . |
| 27 | He had taken only a few steps across the playground when he was stopped by a rough command . |