Example sentences of "[modal v] [adv] take a [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 | Price-conscious runners should also take a look . |
| 4 | But while in Schaffhausen , the visitor should really take a trip on the Untersee , the inner lake connecting Schaffhausen with the Bodensee . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | ‘ Let's just take a look first and wait till we see what 's inside . ’ |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 |
| 9 | Well let's just take a step backwards . |
| 10 | Let's just take a break for a minute . |
| 11 | I promise you it 'll only take a minute . ’ |
| 12 | It 'll only take a couple of minutes — what I 've got to say . ’ |
| 13 | But it 'll only take a couple of days . ’ |
| 14 | I 'll just take a peep . ’ |
| 15 | I 'll just take a drink , then I 'll be off . " |
| 16 | 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 . ’ |
| 17 | Fine I 'll just take a note of that , thank you . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | Well it might just take a couple of hours to print out a complete set of statements for two hundred customers . |
| 20 | To , well to run them now , they 'll still take a week to come back , even if they do run them today , |
| 21 | But I 'll always take a chance with players if I think they are right , and this lad really impressed me . ’ |
| 22 | We 'll also take a look at a popular shareware alternative , McAfee VirusScan . |
| 23 | ‘ Jake 'd have wanted me to see her right ; but she 'll never take a penny piece off me … ’ |
| 24 | In the circumstances you outline , I agree I 'd rather take a chance on you than on most people . ’ |
| 25 | ‘ I 'd rather take a taxi , ’ she said in a stilted voice . |
| 26 | So he said that they could perhaps take a look round to see were there any secluded windows anywhere or any openings where they might just squeeze through . |
| 27 | There were no recognised Departments of Education offering a full initial teaching qualification in any community language ( other than English or Welsh ) at the time of the LITE survey : bilingual school leavers with the determination to promote their language in the British school system could perhaps take a degree by treating their home language as a foreign language where such courses existed , but the available Postgraduate Certificate in Education ( PGCE ) courses could allow them to qualify fully only if they selected a main teaching subject other than their chosen language . |
| 28 | It seems that the church could perhaps take a lead in looking at the implications of suicide , and at possible ways of providing services to try and prevent it . |
| 29 | It 'd only take a minute to get back and then all this would be over . |
| 30 | They 'd sooner take a job eight to five in a factory , if they can get it , and the worst of it is that the ones who do take it on ca n't find a wife . |