Example sentences of "[modal v] [adv] take [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Depending on the complexity of your operations this may only take a couple of man weeks and could be repeated at regular intervals to monitor progress . |
| 2 | If a teenager has been feeling acutely depressed for some time , then it may only take a trigger such as exams , to tip her over the edge ( suicide is the third most common cause of death among the under 25s , and the peak months are April to July ) . |
| 3 | If you are planning to have windows replaced anyway for maintenance purposes , you should obviously take the opportunity to have sealed-unit double glazing fitted as standard . |
| 4 | Minimum reporting standards require that valuation reports to be issued to clients or to the relevant authorities should normally take the form of a letter which would contain the following : |
| 5 | You should always take every opportunity to study fish , be they barbel or any other species , when you come upon them unawares in their natural environment . |
| 6 | Perhaps I should always take the case for his solution as being 20% stronger than it would otherwise appear to me to be . |
| 7 | Price-conscious runners should also take a look . |
| 8 | You should also take the candidate into account by arranging appointments so that waiting time is kept to a minimum . |
| 9 | But while in Schaffhausen , the visitor should really take a trip on the Untersee , the inner lake connecting Schaffhausen with the Bodensee . |
| 10 | But this does not stop Abse constructing an elaborate thesis based on Thatcher 's ‘ sphincter morality ’ , for which her mother , Beatrice , should really take the blame : ‘ Thatcher succeeded in initiating the electorate into a new form of gambling : her personal need to end the earlier constraints which she had endured , outlawing the joys of shitting and coprophilia , drove her to open the doors of the Stock Exchange , and end its exclusivity . ’ |
| 11 | Some of them turned out to be not as indifferent to my plight as I 'd feared they all would be , and a few murmured that if I did really feel strongly about the way I had been treated , I should indeed take the matter up with the Senate . |
| 12 | If parents want to leave a child in the garden with a dog , it 's their responsibility , but anywhere else , even down to the local shop , children should never take a dog out . |
| 13 | I should definitely take the paste down . |
| 14 | Although you may normally take the view that there is never a best time for spending money , retirement planning is different in that sooner or later you will need , or want , to make certain purchases — or pay off outstanding commitments , such as a mortgage . |
| 15 | ‘ Let's just take a look first and wait till we see what 's inside . ’ |
| 16 | Let's then just turn our attention to the facilities in this country , the sort of things you 've heard Stan saying here in the studio that there 's a lot to offer in this country , lot 's of different kinds of scenery , lot 's of different types of attractions , but let's just take a look at the sort of facilities that are available in this country . |
| 17 | well a number of things have come up so let's just take a couple of votes as er , from hearing from a few people and of which people have n't managed to speak so , first of all , er , er people talked about fear being larger than the incidence of assault , are you afraid to go out in the dark ? , button one for yes and button two for no do you find that your afraid to go out in the dark , and then this hundred and that 's a very , I mean that 's , that 's a very significant figure fifty seven out of this hundred women say yes that their afraid to go out in the dark from time to time , I mean that , that is not as it should be , let me ask you are you ever afraid in your own home ? , button one for yes and button two for no and that two is a very worrying figure , twenty nine of of this hundred say yes their afraid in their home , let me ask you this have you trained in self defence ? , button one for yes and button two for no , I mean its something that comes up from time to time and I do n't know what your view and whether or not its a good idea , well twelve of the hundred here have er , eighty eight say no , of those twelve would you recommend it ? , did it make you feel better ? , yes |
| 18 | Well let's just take a step backwards . |
| 19 | Let's just take a break for a minute . |
| 20 | I promise you it 'll only take a minute . ’ |
| 21 | It 'll only take a couple of minutes — what I 've got to say . ’ |
| 22 | But it 'll only take a couple of days . ’ |
| 23 | I 'll just take a peep . ’ |
| 24 | I 'll just take a drink , then I 'll be off . " |
| 25 | One evening , as they worked happily together , feeding and attending to the livestock , George said , ‘ I 'll just take a walk along the beck before we settle down , and check those sheep I 've brought down for lambing . ’ |
| 26 | Fine I 'll just take a note of that , thank you . |
| 27 | Once when I was young , innocent and unaware of eating amnesia , ‘ weighers-wilt ’ ( ‘ I 'll just take a guess at this — looks like two ounces … ! ’ ) and other related disorders , I became so alarmed about all the people who could n't seem to shed weight on 1,000 calories a day that I interviewed many of them , carefully selected a group of twenty of the most baffling and genuine cases , and incarcerated them in a health farm for a week . |
| 28 | Now , sir , I 'll just take an impression of your penis here There was some more budget-balancing over the question of She-She 's underwear . |
| 29 | Mum I do n't know , I 'll just take the chance , they wo n't like that . |
| 30 | We 'll just take the blame for it . |