Example sentences of "did n't take a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It did n't take a great mind to work out that this was some security conscious area . |
| 2 | It did n't take a psychic to see that Annie had worked that out for herself . |
| 3 | Katze had never seen this type of explosive , but it did n't take a scientific genius to work out what the thing was . |
| 4 | He did n't take a positivistic line and argue that the sentence ‘ God exists ’ is literally meaningless , but he did at least think that it was , expressed a proposition which no reasonable person would accept . |
| 5 | We 'll prosecute ’ , because that silly fool down there did n't take a statutory sample . |