Example sentences of "[adv] take a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In return for his scalping services , he rightly takes a cut . |
| 2 | The psycho-therapist , social worker or social reformer , concerned only with his own clients and their grievance against society , perhaps takes a view comparable to the private citizen of Venice who concerns himself only with the safety of his own dwelling and his own ability to get about the city . |
| 3 | it usually , it only takes a day once they 've received it , if that 's alright ? |
| 4 | I should replace it , but usually it only takes a bit of tinkering to get it going again . |
| 5 | Below that , it sounds more like a traditional diesel , and it does lack response at times , but it only takes a bit of getting used to . |
| 6 | TAKE THAT : ‘ Take That And Party ’ Brit equivalent of New Kids offer their 12-track debut , featuring two Top 20 singles , ‘ It Only Takes A Minute ’ and ‘ I Found Heaven ’ |
| 7 | ‘ It only takes a minute . |
| 8 | Richard Waterhouse , who runs the RAC 's Child Safety Campaign , said : ‘ It only takes a minute to ensure a child is safely strapped in . |
| 9 | Constable when he was giving evidence it only takes a second to fire a gun was n't that the reason that the bed was tipped because it had to be checked quickly that was n't underneath otherwise Constable may might have got shot . |
| 10 | It only takes a couple of minutes before the flysheet is in place . |
| 11 | The whole package only takes a couple of days to master , claims the company , and it will set you back £449 . |
| 12 | So when , and I would agree with you again , so when are the teachers going to be accountable , when is somebody who is a bad teacher and heck there are quite a few of them , you know it only takes a couple in every school to make it difficult for the rest , going to be got rid of you know you are not up to the mark out . |
| 13 | It only takes a couple of players to have mediocre starts for them and they will be down there and lose confidence . |
| 14 | It only takes a couple od slip-ups ( including vs US ) and that gap may look at little more realistic . |
| 15 | However , with BBC BASIC you can turn to a particular character in a file an the tedium only takes a couple of seconds , so it 's well worth doing . |
| 16 | It only takes a current of a few nanoamps to develop enough voltage to break down the insulation and make a hole in the silicon . |
| 17 | It only takes a moment 's carelessness to make a present of your valuables to the thief . |
| 18 | Crawford 's big production number , It Only Takes a Moment , came during the film 's last half-hour , as Cornelius Hackl declares his love for Irene Molloy , played by Marianne McAndrew . |
| 19 | A respectable attempt at comic characterization , its undiminished contrivance ultimately mars the simplicity of It Only Takes a Moment , already performed as a send-up of movie love balladry , with townspeople and extras wandering in for the chorus . ’ |
| 20 | It only takes a visit by the Prince and Princess of Wales to Japan , for example , and we 're inundated with Japanese tourists in Britain . |
| 21 | What is certain is that actual copulation only takes a matter of ten or fifteen seconds , though it may be repeated twenty or more times within twenty-four hours and one hundred times within three or four days . |
| 22 | In the case of acid Tyrode 's the process only takes a matter of seconds , the zona swells and then thins and it is advisable to remove the embryos to warm M2 + BSA ( Table 5 ) before the zona is dissolved completely . |
| 23 | That 's it , my short movie is complete , and , once the actors and backgrounds have been sorted out in their respective editors , it only takes a matter of ten minutes to assemble the final movie . |
| 24 | On a good day , it only takes a glimpse of blue sky or a tree in blossom to make me feel full of the joys of spring and in love with life . |
| 25 | BRM 's first rear-engined car , the Type 48 , turned out to be a pig , Graham Hill recording in his autobiography that ‘ the car would suddenly take a dive and dart straight into the infield out of control ’ . |
| 26 | They are like people at a meal who can only take a bite from each course . |
| 27 | It 'd only take a minute to get back and then all this would be over . |
| 28 | I promise you it 'll only take a minute . ’ |
| 29 | It would only take a computer error or a mutiny by some of those manning the weapons to trigger a global war . |
| 30 | It 'll only take a couple of minutes — what I 've got to say . ’ |