Example sentences of "take [adv] [det] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | But it takes so much time and you 're leaving tomorrow . |
| 2 | It takes so much time , and conditions can be terrible , but it 's worth it to see the passengers . |
| 3 | ‘ To do anything in Sarajevo takes so much time . |
| 4 | It takes hardly any time at all to swoosh down a can of cola , and neither does this seem to have any effect in satisfying the appetite . |
| 5 | But you 'd be hard pressed to find someone who takes as much time and care with a musical instrument as Tony Zemaitis . |
| 6 | It takes far less time than full-scale autobiography , for we are looking for a profile of the significant events that have made you the distinctive person that you are ( warts and all , as they say ) . |
| 7 | This bass part contains some relatively complex syncopated sixteenth note patterns , and you may find it takes quite some time to get these parts to settle . |
| 8 | Duck and Frog search for their friends and it takes quite some time to find them all . |
| 9 | A large database of the type given in the example file takes quite some time to analyse completely , but the output is truly comprehensive . |
| 10 | Unfortunately however , these functions are poorly documented and it takes quite some time to discover how to use them . |
| 11 | Alton Towers clearly is an exception but again , you have to pay a lot of money for it and it takes quite some time to get the return er , back and , and I would say that erm , many of Michael 's erm , er , organic erm , er , expenditure will , will erm , provide er , a really good return rather quicker but in the long run we think Alton is good . |
| 12 | It takes very little time to do and makes an enormous difference to the finished garment . |
| 13 | This calculation may look cumbersome , but it takes very little time and provides record storage positions very effectively . |
| 14 | Myth no. 2 : exercising takes too much time Do you have a hectic timetable and feel you just do n't have the time to exercise ? |
| 15 | When I make the stake-out it takes too little time . |
| 16 | I 'm now gon na give you one last exercise then which may take rather more time than we 've got . |
| 17 | Lilly Foley wondered would he fall in love easily , or did the rugby take so much time that he would just be satisfied with the distant adulation of the girls who watched and cheered the games . |
| 18 | Erm wo n't take up much time Chairman , because I think most of the points I want to cover have already been covered by previous speakers . |
| 19 | I mean hopefully then it will take up less time . |
| 20 | It might not succeed in stopping Home Rule , but it could certainly take up enough time to stop a Plural Voting Bill from getting through . |
| 21 | Though decisions need to be made quickly , their implementation should take as much time as is necessary . |
| 22 | If I 've got a lot to do I ca n't actually take as much time as I 'd like over it . |
| 23 | If they were opposed , it would take only 24 hours , but if there was no opposition it would take twice that time , because the cheering Romanian population would hold them up with their welcome . |
| 24 | The reaction to the message we sent to the President via our embassy in Washington , which might take quite some time , for even the most cooperative of banks , and banks almost by definition are secretive and detest the very thought of cooperation , are going to be very reluctant to disclose any information about their important clients , because important clients do n't like that sort of thing . |
| 25 | Which will er take quite some time and er will |
| 26 | That because you 're not represented the statements will have to be read out which will then take quite some time . |
| 27 | The database may take quite some time to establish , but if networked it will enable scientific , garden , library and photographic staff to check for the existence of a slide before new work is undertaken , thus saving time and money . |
| 28 | What 's good about this is that it does n't take too much time . |
| 29 | As well as that , ’ said Taliesin , ‘ it would take too much time to explain , and time is what we have n't got . ’ |
| 30 | We want to help , as long as it does n't take too much time or effort , or make us too obsessive and puritanical . |