Example sentences of "[vb mod] take some time " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ He looked at me with one of those amiable stares of his , said I was overworked and I should take some time off . |
| 2 | ‘ I have a nasty feeling that getting anywhere might take some time . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ Although that might take some time , of course . ’ |
| 4 | The historian of the future might be able to reconstitute all the documents mentioning a particular subject in an automated PRO but the manner in which they inter-relate might take some time to unravel . |
| 5 | Yeah , oh , well April is Easter , April nineteen , twenty , twenty one , twenty two , and it looks like your father he said he might take some time in n it ? |
| 6 | ‘ It 'll take some time , not today , ’ said Mr Reichmann following the briefing of bankers in Toronto on Monday afternoon . |
| 7 | ‘ Next year we 'll take some time off and go to Italy together , ’ her mother had said . |
| 8 | Jason Donovan was also eleven , at school in Melbourne and also launching his acting career in Skyways , which he found exciting because it meant he could take some time off school . |
| 9 | However , I have now been told , by EGBT 's director , that SNH approval could take some time , possibly months . |
| 10 | ‘ So it could take some time ? ’ |
| 11 | But they wo n't start talks until the blockade is lifted , and that could take some time . |
| 12 | It could take some time . ’ |
| 13 | The trade gap looks appalling and it may take some time before we see a significant drop in consumer spending . |
| 14 | The producers of all these programmes are inundated with cassette tapes from bands , so they may take some time before listening to them all . |
| 15 | It may take some time ! |
| 16 | The bank itself conceded in its ‘ financial sector operations policy ’ published at the weekend , that ‘ public offerings also require a fair degree of investor sophistication which may take some time to develop in some of the bank 's countries of operation ’ . |
| 17 | ‘ We are going through the process of making forensic tests and taking statements , which may take some time , and the inquiry is now mushrooming out from the house . ’ |
| 18 | It may take some time before a beginner experiences it , but performance will not become efficient until she does . |
| 19 | Because he does n't drive a car , it may take some time . |
| 20 | The potential mobility of non-motorized persons is also enhanced , though it may take some time ( and , probably , more measures ) for the modal split to change significantly . |
| 21 | It is good for leaders to be aware of these if only to see that to gather together towards the Lord may take some time . |
| 22 | If so , this may take some time and finance to organise , and planning permission may have to be obtained from the local authority . |
| 23 | Even if in the long run ostlers and grooms become garage mechanics and assembly-line workers , this may take some time and the social dislocations could be very severe . |
| 24 | Jockey Club senior steward Lord Hartington said last night : ‘ We will certainly continue the campaign until we win but , sadly , it may take some time . |
| 25 | ‘ It may take some time . ’ |
| 26 | At that point — and discovering such identity of meaning may take some time — children should give up their form in favour of the conventional one for that meaning ( Clark , 1987 , 1988 ) . |
| 27 | It may take some time to program this technique as it has to take into account all foreseeable circumstances . |
| 28 | If the file is large the query may take some time to answer ; meanwhile the computer is occupied processing unwanted records rather than doing useful work . |
| 29 | Trading a basket of 100 or more shares may take some time , and during this period prices may move from those at which the arbitrage transaction was initiated , and the futures position established . |
| 30 | ‘ The yacht is a rather slow model of course , so it may take some time for you to die . ’ |