Example sentences of "it take [to-vb] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But direct observation does give you the colours and you do become more accurate , even though sunlight and shadows move so fast during the time it takes to paint such a scene that the particular arrangement that caught your eye in the first place has long since gone by the time the picture is finished ! |
| 2 | All it takes to give this work a decent hearing is five intelligent and compatible singers , a good deal of rehearsal time , sensitive discussion about the best way of tackling the considerable demands both of the words and the huge span of music , and some recording equipment . |
| 3 | The EPA has received considerable criticism concerning the length of time it takes to set such emission standards . |
| 4 | I 'll give you a fair fight if that 's what it takes to cool that hot head of yours . ’ |
| 5 | My goodness , how long it takes to write all this , this life of mine . |
| 6 | Quite apart from introducing the problem of just how you get the document to the bureau in the first place ( we know of people who have extra hard disks for just this purpose ) the time it takes to run such a document through an imagesetter can be significant in the extreme . |
| 7 | I want to be a rich young man , if wealth is what it takes to buy this feeling ; a young lord leaving the city after a night of riot … |
| 8 | ‘ You may be prepared to do whatever it takes to get this house , but I 'm prepared to do whatever 's necessary to ensure that Thomas remains in my care . ’ |
| 9 | Thus , you drag the second line indent marker to the right , drop it , and the change happens — all much quicker than it takes to read this sentence . |
| 10 | Right okay so again it 's just a simple idea that shows you an awful lot how long would it take to put that back together ? |
| 11 | How long will it take to make these reductions ? |
| 12 | If a man drinks 6 pints of beer in fairly rapid succession , about how long will it take to clear all the alcohol from his body ? a. 6 hours b. 9 hours c. 11 hours d. 13 hours |
| 13 | One glance was all it took to realise this was one hard nut to crack — his features still completely impassive . |
| 14 | But for the small time it took to put this inner up it made little difference . |
| 15 | Let's represent the total time it took to evolve all these breeds of dog from a wolf , by one ordinary walking pace . |
| 16 | He sat smoking his cigarettes and reading the evening paper for the half-hour it took to accomplish these combined exercises , before leaving and getting into the tube at Bond Street . |
| 17 | The only thing that ruined the game for me was the time it took to load each room . |