Example sentences of "it [verb] take a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It has taken a 50pc stake in a yarn spinning mill and a 60pc stake in a scheme to produce industrial wool yarn for export . |
| 2 | IT HAS TAKEN A TOTAL OF 45 MINUTES TO COMPLETE . |
| 3 | IT HAS TAKEN A TOTAL OF 50 MINUTES TO COMPLETE . |
| 4 | IT HAS TAKEN A TOTAL OF 70 MINUTES TO COMPLETE . |
| 5 | IT has taken a year for the new formula to be agreed — at a time when ITN was coping with a budget squeeze in the wake of the crippling cost of covering the Gulf War . |
| 6 | Both represent such a considerable departure from previous practice , however , and share so many features in common , that it has taken a while for the dust to settle after the major upheavals of recent years and for the difference between them to emerge . |
| 7 | It has taken a lot of chef 's skills away but it speeds everything up . |
| 8 | It has taken a woman to remind us all that there are people out there who are determined that Northern Ireland will not be dragged down to the level of barbarity displayed by the terrorists . |
| 9 | Fifteen Para , which has its headquarters in my constituency , was being marched to oblivion until public opinion brought itself to bear on the Ministry , and I am grateful that it has taken a step backwards , but we still do not know what size that step is . |
| 10 | Leeds , UK-based VisionWare Ltd is supposed to announce its fourth product at Xhibition this week , but since it has taken a vow of silence everyone will have to wait until Thursday to find out what 's going on . |
| 11 | ‘ It seemed to take a lot of counting up . ’ |
| 12 | It 's all new , is it going to take a bit of getting used to ? |
| 13 | Because that 's what it costs to take a person on do the training me coming here er interviewing |
| 14 | Yes in the vicin I I did n't know the cupboards were near the bed , but yes , in relation to the bed those two places would it have taken a fraction of a second to strip off the duvet to check what was under it . |
| 15 | It aims to take a quarter of the market share . |
| 16 | Newman accepted the job , even though it meant taking a drop in salary . |
| 17 | Late in 1988 I purchased a second-hand Toyota KS901 ( we are now the best of friends but it did take a while ) . |
| 18 | Well it did take a bit of organization to get yourself to the end of the walk , erm with your your weekly rubbish or your daily rubbish , to get that put away . |
| 19 | Tandy said it expects to take a $70m charge against current quarter figures to cover the shortfall between the price to be paid and the value in its books — it says the sale has the potential to increase operating earnings and provide more cash for debt reduction , retail growth or share buy-backs . |
| 20 | Renewing the emphasis on the unit 's original raison d'etre created by Lord Rayner , the Prime Minister 's first efficiency adviser — the scrutiny programme of efficiency studies — was necessary , Sir Angus said , as ‘ it had taken a bit of a setback ’ . |
| 21 | It had taken a year and a half to find out , but now — at last — I was sure . |
| 22 | Mr Ford 's plane ran out of fuel after it had taken a battering in Atlantic storms in May 1943 . |
| 23 | It had taken a score of masons a score of years to hammer the pitons for all those , hanging from their work as they progressed . |
| 24 | It had taken a war to do that , Vi realized ; though she would n't mind betting that on the day peace came , all the caring would end and people would go back to minding their own business again , just as they had before it started . |
| 25 | As her mother was fond of saying — it had taken a lot of trouble to get her this far , and this last little step was going to take a deal of organizing as well . |
| 26 | It was , she realised with astonishment , his version of an apology , and she had a feeling that it had taken a lot out of him to say it . |
| 27 | It had taken a week to obtain , and had Hapsburg officialdom realized that it was for him rather than Aranyos it would have been unlikely to arrive before the end of the war . |
| 28 | No she said , it does take a while for caravans to dry out . |
| 29 | there is an art of doing this , and it does take a bit of practice . |
| 30 | It does take a part in the reaction but it keeps getting returned back to its original state . |