Example sentences of "[adj] [conj] it take " in BNC.
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| 1 | But we may feel on reading this that it takes two to perform — that performance requires , in however regressive or circular a fashion , the self that so many people believe they have , and that this epistolary Zuckerman exhibits here , in a display of inadvertence which may or may not implicate Philip Roth . |
| 2 | Johanna was so popular that it took police a day to talk to all her friends after she was reported missing . |
| 3 | The transition was so abrupt that it took her by surprise . |
| 4 | and wrap it up into a package and say you know if anything goes wrong and it takes four hours then you |
| 5 | it was so erm steep and it took him half the service to get over , just , well then in the equity I am not fit , I 'm gon na lose weight and do exercise |
| 6 | They did exchange it in the end but I had to be very insistent and it took three months . |
| 7 | The Shorthorn/Highland first cross has always been popular but it took the concerted efforts of the three Cadzow brothers on an island off the west coast of Scotland to consolidate the virtues of the cross and turn it into a genuine breed , the Luing , named after the island of its origin . |
| 8 | I enjoyed doing this because it took people by surprise . |
| 9 | We are still languishing in the Edwardian era , when our great British Women 's champions wore corsets under their tennis dresses and our great British men 's champions wore corsets under their tennis dresses and our great British men 's champions wore long flannels … when the bulk of entrants at Wimbledon were British because it took six weeks to cross the Atlantic , and another six to reach Australia ! |
| 10 | This too had to be curbed on cost grounds , along with plans for two monolithic block-like structures , within the control room , which would darken to black as the ship landed , and fill with light as it took off . |
| 11 | The music they played gradually grew familiar to Alice ; it was music for the violin , the famous Violin Concerto , and it sounded very strange on the flute and guitar , so strange that it took her a moment or two to recognize it . |
| 12 | There was no flat black Córdoba hat , but it was the same man and Maggie felt an almost bitter rush of disappointment , so strong that it took her by surprise . |
| 13 | And it took me longer to do that than it took me to do tapestry . |
| 14 | A police officer said his corpse was so charred and mutilated that it took more than an hour to identify it . |
| 15 | A police officer said his corpse was so charred and mutilated that it took more than an hour to identify it . |
| 16 | She sat with her back against the log and busily set about finding the Thermos of water with hands that shook so much that it took every ounce of her control not to spill a drop of the precious liquid as she raised the cup to her lips . |
| 17 | Portadown however remained dangerous and it took a superb block from Michael Smyth to deny Cunningham after brilliant work from Martin Russell on the left . |
| 18 | The British public were cautious and it took the Second World War to inspire a new , and more forward-looking , attitude to the problem of dealing with the economy and unemployment . |
| 19 | Because it would n't really matter that much if it took an hour for the police officer to come . |
| 20 | And writing it out in a half hour or hour lesson was almost impossible because it took too many sheets of paper . |
| 21 | This method is also deceptive because it takes no account of the timing of receipts . |
| 22 | The people are generally friendly but shy and it takes a long time to gain their confidence to the point where they will teach a visiting scientist the secrets of their art . |
| 23 | but if you keep it still because there 's nothing happened there your eye disregards that and it takes in things that are moving . |
| 24 | They held each other tight , so tight that it took their breath away , zipped together into one being . |
| 25 | Research has shown that we are normally not conscious that it takes place , but that we are uncomfortable if it is missing when we would expect it or present on inappropriate occasions — for example in a greeting from a complete stranger . |
| 26 | If there is a single function relating arousal and memory it seems likely that it takes the inverted-U shape which is often suggested to describe the relationship between task performance and memory , with memory impairments occurring at very low or very high levels of arousal . |
| 27 | The voice at the other end was plainly over-excited and it took him a minute to disentangle what he was being told . |
| 28 | It 's long and shiny and it takes me ages to do it . |
| 29 | The voice was so absent and tired that it took some of the chill from the words . |
| 30 | All that it takes is a little push , some minor inconvenience , a trifling price to pay for faith , some obligation or embarrassment involved in being a Christian , and suddenly a trail of doubts bubbles to the surface : ‘ Maybe after all … |