Example sentences of "it take [adj] [art] " in BNC.
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1 | It takes such a long time to use up a tin , you probably would n't realise . |
2 | ‘ 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 . |
3 | ‘ You know , ’ said Simon , ‘ she 's so thick it takes all the fun out of it . |
4 | When the financial conditions turn hostile it takes all the luck in the world for businesses to stay alive , much less prosper . |
5 | The whole point about this absurd saga , however , is not so much the wonderfully comic detail but the fact that from start to finish it takes all the predictable twists and turns of your classic affair . |
6 | 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 . ’ |
7 | ‘ Now , here , you see , it takes all the running you can do , to keep in the same place . |
8 | 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 . |
9 | Maintenance is a drag : it takes all the fucking time ’ 8 |
10 | Erm , personally , you know , I think it takes all the fun out of all those red notices that I get all the time . |
11 | So it takes all the pain out of coming up with annual appraisals because you 've been doing it on an incremental basis . |
12 | It takes half a minute . |
13 | It takes half a second or so in one bite . |
14 | It takes half a second or so in one bite . |
15 | 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 . |
16 | ‘ And as it takes half an hour to drive to Royal Wrigglesworth we must assume that Sir Vivien 's Lagonda would have driven through the village at about eight . ’ |
17 | She goes back therefrequently , and whenever she returns she takes books to distribute in the villages — they are highly prized in Nigeria , where it takes half an average month 's salary to buy a hardback . |
18 | She hates parks ; it takes half an hour to get there from the flats and then the kids are put inside one lot of railings like some kind of animals and you walk up and down inside another lot and watch them . |
19 | It takes half an hour to get from Bournemouth to Southampton , but it can take up to an hour to get from Barts to the Westminster hospital . |
20 | ‘ It takes half an hour to get anywhere in London on the tube , ’ said Edward . |
21 | unless it takes half an hour , well half an hour anyway |
22 | 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 . |
23 | 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 . |
24 | It took all the strength of Perdita 's frantically squeezing legs to stop her ducking out . |
25 | In explanation Van Valen put forward what he termed the Red Queen 's hypothesis , named after the Lewis Carroll character who found it took all the running one can do to keep in the same place . |
26 | ‘ 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 . |
27 | She felt the puff of his breath on her ear , and it took all the determination she possessed not to turn round . |
28 | 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 . |
29 | 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 . |
30 | Cornflower-blue eyes bored into her own and it took all the willpower she possessed not to look away . |