Example sentences of "take a [noun] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ This top takes a while to put on properly but it 's worth it in the end ’ Pepsi , far left |
| 2 | Well it takes a while to explain , but I 'll try and do it quickly . |
| 3 | And although it takes a while to recover from such fear , for most of us at least , it does eventually subside . |
| 4 | White spirit is far better — it 's safe on all finishes and materials , metal and fabric , and , although it takes a while to dry , it leaves no deposits . |
| 5 | The parcel presented should be amusing , either an unusual shape , or several boxes inside each other so that the gift takes a while to find . |
| 6 | Something here is not quite as it should be , and it takes a while to work out exactly what it is … |
| 7 | Mary pointed out that it takes a while to become objective and to look at yourself without flinching . |
| 8 | It takes a while to get used to the looks of the new car , but it is clear that Lotus is seeking to advance sports car design rather than just repeat past successes . |
| 9 | You know how it is ; when you lead a hectic , urban life it takes a while to get used to the change of pace — and by the time you do it 's time to go home again . |
| 10 | Cons Takes a while to get into it . |
| 11 | Actually it takes a while to get used to . |
| 12 | The layout of controls and switchgear takes a while to assimilate , though . |
| 13 | Each board has slightly different turning characteristics so when trying a new board it takes a while to learn where to put the back foot . |
| 14 | You tend to find that you become accustomed to the timing on your local water and that when sailing in a different place it takes a while to learn the timing of a different wave pattern . |
| 15 | In addition , TBWA is new to the political advertising game — one that is played by different rules from ordinary advertising and , according to the experts , takes a while to learn . |
| 16 | No look if I talk into it quite loud like this it cuts out and then it takes a while to come back on again okay is that alright ? |
| 17 | He hears that an anti-government demonstration is to take place in the Beirut suburb of Basta — a Shia district which 30 years later will be controlled by pro-Iranian militiamen — and he takes a taxi to investigate : |
| 18 | Constable when he was giving evidence it only takes a second to fire a gun was n't that the reason that the bed was tipped because it had to be checked quickly that was n't underneath otherwise Constable may might have got shot . |
| 19 | He goes on to argue that the bourgeoisie have always used sections from within the ‘ dangerous classes ’ to control those who are overtly troublesome , perhaps following the maxim that ‘ it takes a thief to catch a thief ’ , when he argues : ‘ for one and a half centuries the bourgeoisie offered the following choices : you can go to prison or join the Army ; you can go to prison or go to the colonies ; you can go to prison or you can join the police ’ ( ibid. 23 ) . |
| 20 | It takes a Wittgenstein to pull us up with a jolt , by saying that this is like translating a chair — not the word ‘ chair ’ , but a chair — into French . |
| 21 | There are situations where the reciprocal of a rate would make more sense than the original rate : ergonomists , for example , might find it more natural to look at the time it takes a person to produce a fixed number of items rather than at the output a person produces from a machine in a fixed period of time . |
| 22 | No I could n't do that there , it takes a genius to do that . |
| 23 | Then when I told him that it takes a man to make a man , he hit me right across the face . |
| 24 | It takes a day to dry the costumes , so that means two lots of clothes for everyone — wet and dry ! ’ |
| 25 | It takes a year to organize this grand event and it says something for the racecourse when the only thing that went wrong yesterday was the weather . |
| 26 | It takes a minute to sink in like . |
| 27 | It is all a question of being organised and having a plan ; after all , it takes a minute to tell the gardeners to spray this or frame that … ’ |
| 28 | Richard Waterhouse , who runs the RAC 's Child Safety Campaign , said : ‘ It only takes a minute to ensure a child is safely strapped in . |
| 29 | A man takes a friend to meet a woman he knows . |
| 30 | It takes a week to check each bird on the river and judging by the six hundred year old tradition of toasting each swan , it must be thirsty work . |