Example sentences of "[noun] and it [modal v] take [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There would be bad , and good , effects and it would take weeks , even months , for her to assimilate them . |
| 2 | I had a slow-growing tumour in the lung and it would take time to reach obnoxious proportions , but as sure as the moon will rise and set and the tides with it , so my tumour would go on grinding away until … |
| 3 | And this unelected government should not be making so many new and fundamental laws , for some of these will be an embarrassment to an elected government and it will take time and trouble to repeal them . |
| 4 | When you first do this it can seem quite a risk and it may take time for fluency to grow , but it is worth it ! |
| 5 | Most of the party leaders were in any case inherited from Balfour and it would take time to find men of the new stamp , even if this were possible . |