Example sentences of "it [vb -s] two [noun] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is presumably used by species in which it takes two adults to provide for the young . |
| 2 | It does n't , sometimes it goes more slowly sometimes it goes more quickly , sometimes it stops but because it takes two hours to do the hundred miles we say its average speed for the journey is fifty miles per hour . |
| 3 | If natural selection eliminates half the population in each generation , complete specification requires two generations of selection , one to eliminate C and G , and a second to eliminate T. Thus it takes two generations to specify each base . |
| 4 | It takes two movements to operate the lace carriage , once to the right to transfer stitches then back OR once to the right to prepare and then back transferring stitches on the return to the left , leaving the main carriage clear to work two rows ; across , to place loops in empty needles and back to the right knitting all the stitches . |
| 5 | And then someone else at Ladymont once said that it takes two men to rape you . |
| 6 | The wax is on for about two minutes , and it takes two seconds to pull it off . |
| 7 | It takes two sides to make war . |
| 8 | It takes two months to make one costume ; the machines are old and Russians do n't know how to work . |
| 9 | Bitez offers exciting day cruising , but it takes two weeks to acclimatise most people to the strong winds ! |
| 10 | It takes two people to have safer sex in a relationship . |