Example sentences of "[pers pn] would [adv] take a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And if she flung Rupert and Ianthe together they would probably take a dislike to each other . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | ‘ It would probably take a week of rain like this to reduce the forest-fire hazard . ’ |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | It would now take a motorist burping their horn or a dog barking nearby to get her hopping mad , which was real progress . |
| 6 | I thought it would only take a couple of days to clear up , but it was to take quite a lot longer . |
| 7 | It would only take a couple of houses to be knocked down and they could make it into a dual carriage way . |
| 8 | ‘ It would only take a change of attitude amongst men to improve the situation out of all recognition . |
| 9 | It would only take a computer error or a mutiny by some of those manning the weapons to trigger a global war . |