Example sentences of "but [pers pn] will take [noun] " in BNC.

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1 ‘ I do n't know exactly what we have up there , or what stuff we are likely to be sending up in the next few years … but I 'll take side bets on orbital weapons , either ready or in the pipe-line . ’
2 But they 'll take stage victories , not the big prizes , and may often be deployed as super-domestiques to younger and more eager men .
3 but it 'll take time
4 But it will take leadership .
5 But it will take work .
6 But it will take time to put Berlin together again .
7 But it will take time .
8 I can fix your promotion but it will take time . ’
9 The benefits to be derived from the best practice technique are not in doubt , but it will take time for the full bottom line effect to flow through .
10 But Fitzgerald added : ‘ I believe we have the nucleus of a good squad but it will take time to reach its full potential . ’
11 All this will help , but it will take time .
12 But it will take time .
13 Both Government and Commercial Divisions will require support services but it will take time to define just what is essential .
14 It would be wrong to ’ harmonise down ’ , bringing standards in richer countries down to those in poorer ones ; but it will take time for Greece and Portugal to ’ harmonise up ’ to the stringent rules of Denmark or West Germany .
15 But it will take time . ’
16 But it will take years , not months , to catch up on decades of neglect , brought about by a regime which year after year spent it 's money on barbed wire and secret police .
17 That could be a result of the QIP , but it will take years to appear . ’
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