Example sentences of "it [vb mod] take [pron] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Shane beamed : ‘ After all this , it might take me a year to get my breath back . ’ |
| 2 | Say it 'll take you a while wo n't it , |
| 3 | It 'll take us a couple of hours to reach them , and at least twice as long on the return , plus whatever time we have to spend getting the patient stable enough to move . |
| 4 | Oh it 'll take us a couple of minutes ! |
| 5 | So er , it only takes you a second to er copy from an adjacent cell but it could take you a minute or two to get that formula working again if it 's not copyable , erm , it would probably only takes you an extra few seconds er when you 're actually building the formula to make it , copyable in the first place so it 's well worth investing a few extra seconds up front to save you maybe a minute or so later on . |
| 6 | So it helps first of all when you 're setting up the spreadsheet I suppose you can create one formula then copy it instead of having to edit each one individually , erm but later on you might accidentally or maybe deliberately in some cases overtype a cell and er if you have to put it back again and what you probably do is copy it from the adjacent cell and then you have to study the formula to try and understand it , and then edit it if it was n't the copyable formula and , er it may take a little time to edit it but it could take you a lot longer to understand it . |
| 7 | It 'd take me a while to learn how to drive it , but after I learned that I reckon I could do it . |
| 8 | From the other side of Portman Square I heard a police siren , which meant that the cavalry was on its way but with the traffic plugged solid it would take them a while . |
| 9 | Plain or not , Fabia reckoned it would take her a fortnight to learn to say it . |
| 10 | ‘ I spotted the old Humber while I was on duty and at first thought it would take me a couple of years to restore — but eventually it took seven ! |
| 11 | Er but we like say do n't want to put everything in cos it would take you a while to analyze that but that 's another thing you might want to put on . |
| 12 | ‘ It will take me a couple of days before I can get organised , ’ he said . |
| 13 | ‘ One day I will learn English but it will take me a year in life . |
| 14 | ‘ It will take me a while to get my travel permit stamped . |