Example sentences of "it [verb] take [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It make take several weeks before you win — but you will , I am sure , eventually be victorious . |
| 2 | ‘ It does n't matter who you are , it has to take that period of time . |
| 3 | ‘ It has taken many geologists a long time to accept plate tectonics ’ , Dr Blake told New Scientist at the survey 's west coast headquarters in Menlo Park , south of San Francisco . |
| 4 | But it has taken many years for such discoveries to be accepted and acted upon , especially when they conflict with public convenience and related commercial interests , as the sad story of tobacco promotion and consumption shows . |
| 5 | They do n't realise that it has taken many years to bring the town up to the standard it is now . |
| 6 | It has taken many years for these professionals to gain recognition and acceptance . |
| 7 | His trainer , David Barons , is convinced the horse was ‘ got at ’ but whatever the reason for Playschool 's failure it has taken all Barons 's skill and experience to get him back in racing condition after his latest setback . |
| 8 | His trainer , David Barons , is convinced the horse was ‘ got at ’ but whatever the reason for Playschool 's failure it has taken all Barons 's skill and experience to get him back in racing condition after his latest setback . |
| 9 | It has taken several years of animated discussions among the members and their respective lawyers to arrive at these terms and conditions , which are also intended to be in line with the code of conduct adopted last year by the European federation of art dealers , FIDOAO ( Federation Internationale des Diffuseurs d'Oeuvres d'Art Originales ) . |
| 10 | It has taken several months of cajoling to persuade the enigmatic political advisor Philip Gould to give an interview . |
| 11 | London has come to be my second home , but it has taken some time to get used to it . |
| 12 | Is it going to take more men or less men to get this job done ? |
| 13 | Does it have to take another oil disaster like the Braer tanker , before Britain acts ? |
| 14 | It would n't have taken as Mr has pointed out , any cognizance of the fact that there 's difference for different times of the day , nor would it have taken any account of the fact that people would perceive the travel times and travel costs in different ways . |
| 15 | In practical terms it means taking that course of action which most reliably will avoid the possibility of criticism by their superiors . |
| 16 | However , it did take some time for the mother church to readjust after this second labour and birth . |
| 17 | But it did take some time . |
| 18 | But the east Belfast based group vowed the show would go ahead — even if it did take some time . |
| 19 | It had taken many years to achieve the control she had acquired over her conscious mind . |
| 20 | It had taken some labour to restore : a gang of builders had spent months ripping down hardboard partitions , taking out gas meters , attempting to rescue old parquet flooring , refitting windows , stripping paint from tiles . |
| 21 | It had taken some time to reach a decision , but eventually they had come across to check their bonds were in place , and then had gone off . |
| 22 | Losing two front teeth , even two false front teeth , at the age of fifty , even if only for a week , had distressed him : he had sat opposite her at the breakfast table with a napkin over his mouth , and she knew that it had taken some courage to go to the board meeting at all . |
| 23 | Although the eigenproblem to be solved at each step is vastly less time-consuming and expensive than direct methods applied to the full system , yet it does take much time . |
| 24 | However , it does take more effort to push or pull a garden cart , and it can be more difficult to manoeuvre than single wheeled barrows . |
| 25 | Yeah , I think , I I sympathise on what the er , new opposition , because I think , it does take some time to particularly after you 've |
| 26 | ‘ It does take some nerve and a nerve I was n't quite sure I 'd got . |
| 27 | And it 's taken that length of time to break down the seventy or eighty year barriers that are in existence between workers and management . |