Example sentences of "[modal v] only take [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This means climbing the whole route in the dark , and since an efficient descent on frozen snow should only take four hours , then you should be back at the Couvercle Hut sipping beer by 11am . |
| 2 | Er it 's no good saying you 'll turn down the central heating and you 'll only take one holiday instead of two , that 's not really the purpose of retirement , and I think you 've got to be objective about what you 're doing with this . |
| 3 | I 've got a little bit here going from Mr he had to come in again and see to two lights and he 'd only take two pounds and that included the light bulb , but I paid him so that comes out of the . |
| 4 | It would only take one phone call to blow her cover . |
| 5 | In both cases the heads of the city telephone networks ( Vladimir Panov in Ekaterinburg and Valentin Dolgoborodov in Novosibirsk ) say the company would only take full payment in advance and insisted on using its own engineers on the projects . |
| 6 | It would only take three days or so . |
| 7 | He can only take certain size steps though . |
| 8 | At the moment the switchboard can only take basic messages , because otherwise it becomes too time-consuming . |
| 9 | Of course you can only take this covering-up operation so far and it is sometimes prudent to remake a part . |