Example sentences of "[modal v] take you [noun] " in BNC.

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1 ‘ I 'm giving you an opportunity to make life easier and more comfortable for your mother — something it might take you years to achieve on your own .
2 Show me any homebuilder who ca n't say the same thing about his project , but the finish-it-in-thirty-days-using-only-domestic-handtools ! brochures never tell you that , nor that it may take you weeks just to create the right kind of workplace in which to build your masterpiece .
3 ‘ It may take you weeks , months , even years .
4 With the old method it would take you hours looking through files , but with the computer you just push a button and it tells you right away .
5 If you come here once , be prepared to come back again because it would take you years to see all that Crete has to offer .
6 It it would take you days upon days , in order to get there .
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