Example sentences of "it [verb] two [verb] " in BNC.

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1 But we may feel on reading this that it takes two to perform — that performance requires , in however regressive or circular a fashion , the self that so many people believe they have , and that this epistolary Zuckerman exhibits here , in a display of inadvertence which may or may not implicate Philip Roth .
2 Solomon might have replied ( the records do not give his side of the story ) that it takes two to quarrel .
3 Do not forget the old adage ‘ It takes two to pull ’ .
4 It takes two to make a baby … but men have always run away from their responsibilities .
5 If it takes two to make an argument then each side must choose an issue over which some values ( ideals ? ) conflict .
6 Of course , it takes two to make an argument .
7 But the cold war 's neat polarities can hardly be carried on : it takes two to make a war , hot or cold .
8 It takes two to tango , the United Nations secretary-general observed after pre-war talks with Saddam Hussein .
9 It takes two to tango ; and if one of them will not , there is no dance .
10 I should point out that in one of the features of adhesions is that it takes two to tango , so to speak !
11 Where a character is obviously working class , such as in ‘ It Takes Two to Tango ’ , where the heiress ' dancing partner is a bit of ‘ rough ’ , the dialogue is written as Cockney !
12 It takes two to tango , however , and I suspect we 'll still be here tomorrow discussing it . ’
13 Yet it takes two to compromise .
14 ( It takes two to play a game ) .
15 But it takes two to get pregnant , and it is just as important to educate boys about contraception .
16 Does it take two to tell it ?
17 For once , I thought before speaking , and so was able to refrain from remarking tritely that it took two to make a marriage .
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