Example sentences of "it takes [adv] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It takes just a second to put on my leathers . ’ |
| 2 | Or without extending the whole process so that it takes nearly a year to change anything ? |
| 3 | It takes nearly an hour to negotiate the course of a conversation . |
| 4 | ‘ It takes away an individual 's dignity and a family 's self-respect . |
| 5 | I do not rightly understand how the medical men could not save him after the accident since you say the cut seemed small and did not appear to trouble him but I have heard that for the blood to be poisoned it takes only a pin-prick and that a cut where there is manure about can have this effect if not noticed . |
| 6 | If you 're in the phone book , it takes only a couple of rings to confirm your absence before some toe-rag pays an unwelcome visit . |
| 7 | It takes only a minute or two to wrap a band of netting supported by three or four canes around the plant , threading one cane through generously overlapping ends to keep the band in place . |
| 8 | Under the Treaty of Rome , it takes only a majority of EC members to launch a constitutional conference that obliges heads of government to talk about central powers that some would call non-negotiable . |
| 9 | It takes only a month , a few dozen overseas phone calls to get the guarantee from the Philippine bank , which is handing them out like free samples . |
| 10 | Well , yes , we all know that , but if it gives the autograph seeker pleasure and it takes only a moment of your time , then it seems pointless not to oblige . |
| 11 | It takes about a minute to print a full A4 page . |
| 12 | Having more than 20 cigarettes a day doubles the risk compared with not smoking at all , and it takes about a year of non-smoking for that risk to return to normal . |
| 13 | It takes about an hour to travel the length of the lake in complete silence . |
| 14 | Well Marg I mean I phoned Margaret , she said it takes about an hour . |
| 15 | A pack of chili sauce , somebody go and get to get it on , it takes about an hour . |
| 16 | It takes about an hour to take it off . |
| 17 | It takes quite a while to organise each festival . |
| 18 | It takes quite a bit of practice to orientate and get the right position for the shot , and this is something worthwhile perfecting during the winter or when you are just flying locally . |
| 19 | I mean we do n't whether she sort of it does n't say whether she volunteered to go and talk to the people in the school , but even so it 's quite it takes quite a lot of doing to stand up in front of a group of people you do n't know and talk about the work . |
| 20 | No , it takes quite a lot of . |
| 21 | its er about four feet long and it stands about two feet high , it 's on legs , it takes quite a lot of room up and we need the space . |
| 22 | But it takes quite a time for the liquid to solidify and the glass to splinter and fragment . |
| 23 | And if you could get here by half past seven those of you who have got items , it 'll be much appreciated cos it takes quite a time to set them out . |
| 24 | I 'm quite sure that the way forward for teachers and parents is within some kind of co-operative framework , and the only way that can work effectively is for each to be aware of other 's needs and difficulties , and the kind of barriers that have existed in the past for parents to get into schools I think are being lowered by the schools , but it takes almost a generation , I think , for parents to stop being frightened about what school is doing and the kind of parents who 've had bad experiences themselves in schools , I think , have enormous difficulties in approaching teachers and I 'm sure the answer is in terms of co-operative activity — children and schools , schools and parents , and all of them together with myriad of outside agencies that are available for children with severe problems . |