Example sentences of "it [modal v] [adv] [verb] a few " in BNC.
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| 1 | This may be why most masons are pretty tight lipped … but it may also explain a few other things … |
| 2 | I think it should only take a few minutes to have you begging me to make love to you … ’ |
| 3 | Chris Patten is among the sceptics : ‘ Even if it ( investment ) were to be successful and encourage a 40 or 50 per cent increase in the use of rail , it would make damn-all difference to the growth in road traffic — it would just take a few percentage points off the top . ’ |
| 4 | So his results were preliminary but it would only take a few weeks ' work , using the neutron spectrometer , to know for sure . |
| 5 | It would only take a few minutes . ’ |
| 6 | It will also raise a few problems for sportsmen and sportswomen who are training or competing in a new time zone to which they have not yet adjusted . |
| 7 | ‘ It will probably take a few more days before we know the source , but it would be up to the Disciplinary Committee to decide whether it will be made public , ’ he said . |
| 8 | It will only take a few hours of your time . |
| 9 | It will only take a few minutes , certainly . |
| 10 | If you are not in Spain , it can also manage a few words in five other languages . |