Example sentences of "it takes [det] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When the financial conditions turn hostile it takes all the luck in the world for businesses to stay alive , much less prosper . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | ‘ You know , ’ said Simon , ‘ she 's so thick it takes all the fun out of it . |
| 4 | Erm , personally , you know , I think it takes all the fun out of all those red notices that I get all the time . |
| 5 | ‘ Now , here , you see , it takes all the running you can do , to keep in the same place . |
| 6 | ‘ 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 . |
| 7 | So it takes all the pain out of coming up with annual appraisals because you 've been doing it on an incremental basis . |
| 8 | 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 . ’ |
| 9 | 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 . |