Example sentences of "it take [adj] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When the financial conditions turn hostile it takes all the luck in the world for businesses to stay alive , much less prosper . |
| 2 | It takes all the work out of scanning and cleaning virus on hard disks or floppy , there are many options to choose from and it allows you to scan just certain files or directories and makes use of all the Scan options . |
| 3 | ‘ You know , ’ said Simon , ‘ she 's so thick it takes all the fun out of it . |
| 4 | Erm , personally , you know , I think it takes all the fun out of all those red notices that I get all the time . |
| 5 | ‘ Now , here , you see , it takes all the running you can do , to keep in the same place . |
| 6 | ‘ It takes all the pressure off us and we can now start to play rugby again , ’ a representative from Ebbw Vale , whose ground is owned by the local authority , said . |
| 7 | So it takes all the pain out of coming up with annual appraisals because you 've been doing it on an incremental basis . |
| 8 | Who the hell wants to go and see that Trumpton lot or The Prodigy , when you can see them out in clubs off their nut — it takes all the mystery out of pop culture . ’ |
| 9 | The responses I heard to that question were most unsatisfactory , the County Council 's response was , ah , well we 'll have to get together again with the group of authorities , now if you look back over how long it has taken to produce this particular strategy that 's exceedingly worrying , that means they 'll have to get together again , even if it takes half the time or a third of the time , they 'll have to get together again towards nineteen ninety seven ninety eight to be considering the strategy post two thousand and six . |
| 10 | ‘ It took all the stacks up — tons and tons — and simply took 'em up like that off the ground and scattered them over the fields . |
| 11 | She did n't need to turn round to know he was standing there , and it took all the will-power she possessed to finish the task she was working on , knowing he was just a few feet away . |
| 12 | Anna had come into the world feet first and it took all the experience of Mrs Finklestein and the skill of the young Dr Arlen , who had come back at once with Denis , to turn the baby round without strangling the little thing with its own cord . |
| 13 | She felt the puff of his breath on her ear , and it took all the determination she possessed not to turn round . |
| 14 | Yes yes yes when when when I grew older , of course it took all the men When er you know one would b the the whole lot would be going together you know . |
| 15 | It took all the strength of Perdita 's frantically squeezing legs to stop her ducking out . |
| 16 | Cornflower-blue eyes bored into her own and it took all the willpower she possessed not to look away . |
| 17 | It took all the courage he had to thrust his head and shoulders into the mouth of that entrance , but he closed his eyes and twisted and turned and after a time tumbled out into a great stone chamber , lit with a soft light of its own that dimmed the glitter of his shining key . |
| 18 | It was a short note but it took half the morning , a thousand attempts . |
| 19 | you see it taken all the straw and its chewed all me clematis and everything got it all inside his little nest |