Example sentences of "would [adv] take a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ It would only take a change of attitude amongst men to improve the situation out of all recognition . |
| 2 | It would only take a computer error or a mutiny by some of those manning the weapons to trigger a global war . |
| 3 | I thought it would only take a couple of days to clear up , but it was to take quite a lot longer . |
| 4 | It would only take a couple of houses to be knocked down and they could make it into a dual carriage way . |
| 5 | BRM 's first rear-engined car , the Type 48 , turned out to be a pig , Graham Hill recording in his autobiography that ‘ the car would suddenly take a dive and dart straight into the infield out of control ’ . |
| 6 | He took the bus , because his parents would n't always drive him to auditions , from Malibu to Santa Monica , 25 miles each way , at the age of thirteen , ‘ and the casting directors would literally take a Polaroid and say thank you very much and you got back on the bus . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ And Robina would not take a taxi , even if we had seen one . ’ |
| 8 | It would not take a lot of imagination to believe some of these old tales in such conditions . |
| 9 | Joe Orr , the publican 's son , would surreptitiously take a beer bottle , ‘ fill it up when his father was n't about , see , and put it in his pocket , then take it up to granny . |
| 10 | And if she flung Rupert and Ianthe together they would probably take a dislike to each other . |
| 11 | ‘ It would probably take a week of rain like this to reduce the forest-fire hazard . ’ |
| 12 | There is , however , plenty of evidence from contemporaries , as well as from historians , that not all husbands were drunken brutes and that many would willingly take a hand at quietening the baby for an hour or two after a long working day , or take tea up to their wives before leaving for work . |
| 13 | It would now take a motorist burping their horn or a dog barking nearby to get her hopping mad , which was real progress . |
| 14 | By night he kept himself from the usual evenings with Henry and Betty , thinking to leave them some space for a time , and he would often take a sleeping pill at eight , before dinner , because sleep had grown difficult . |
| 15 | ‘ Of course he would n't take a bribe from you , or anyone , come to that , and especially someone trying to bribe him out of the country because of a woman — one he happens to love very much . ’ |
| 16 | ‘ It was going all right , but now it wo n't go at all , ’ she added more slowly , as she struggled for composure and it dawned on her that with a GB plate stuck on the back of her car that it would n't take a genius to work out that she was probably English . |
| 17 | Then she realized it was her own desire to be valued , noticed even , that made her want to do something that would n't take a minute once she 'd started . |
| 18 | She would n't take a groom with her although I warned her that the fog might come down later . " |
| 19 | Mr Lamb said : ‘ It would n't take a lot of money to celebrate the event . |
| 20 | ‘ Well , ’ Kitty continued , ‘ all those years in that heat then she walks off to see the summer-house and would n't take a cardigan . |
| 21 | ‘ I would n't take a bet on it , if I were you ! ’ |
| 22 | You would n't take a clarinet out of a box and put it together crooked . |
| 23 | Robyn turned , forcing herself to ignore the sudden uncontrollable lurch in the pit of her stomach , the slight tremble in her hands that would surely take a hold if she let it . |
| 24 | ‘ The most likely scenario is that the Russian embassy asks for extradition and the Swedish government would then take a decision on the request , ’ said an immigration official , Erik Lempert . |
| 25 | This last the verderers thought the least likely course because the escape had been made nearer to the north of the depression than the south and it would therefore take a day longer to get round it on that side . |