Example sentences of "[adv] it takes [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | Usually it takes three days , but in a hurry … . ’ |
| 3 | Right it takes two hours it 's going at a steady sixty , great , so we know that 's a hundred and sixty . |
| 4 | Sometimes it takes two minutes and sometimes it takes twenty . |
| 5 | Well we 're not bathing him again it takes three days to dry him |