Example sentences of "it take [prep] one [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Backing up your data is vital , so book a lunch date if you choose level two , because it takes about one minute per megabyte of hard disk space to set up . |
| 2 | It takes about one hour for the mite to bury itself in the skin . |
| 3 | For most people , it takes about one hour for the liver to reduce blood alcohol by 15ml/100ml . |
| 4 | It takes about one hour for the alcohol from a drink to reach its peak concentration in the blood . |
| 5 | It takes about one month to commission each machine with the next one being delivered in October and another before the end of the year , when once again Stoddard 's team will be visiting the States . |
| 6 | In other words , in the time it takes for one murder on the crime clock , six workers have died ‘ just trying to make a living ’ ! ’ |
| 7 | I believe in the case of these baths it took about one man year to do that transformation . |
| 8 | Even between New York and England , with no possible language problems to cause difficulty , it took in one case more than 180 days to effect service in London through the English subsidiary authority . |