Example sentences of "it [vb mod] take a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Like study of the forest , it may take a generation to quantify the effect on fish stock . |
| 2 | It may take a couple more hundred years , a thousand , but we will get there . |
| 3 | It may take a couple of minutes , since one arm is temporarily out of order . |
| 4 | It may take a bit of imagination for , for some of the , some of you but what do you think ? |
| 5 | But , like showbusiness , it may take a year before EuroDisney polishes up its act . |
| 6 | This can be a struggle and it may take a while , but as we see all the time among those around us , identity can be achieved , and with tremendous satisfaction and eventual rewards . |
| 7 | It may take a while before the clients cotton on to what is happening . |
| 8 | I want to have you about the house because I brought you a little souvenir from New York , only it may take a while to get it out of my suitcase . |
| 9 | It may take a stake in the venture . |
| 10 | The increasing emphasis on capital projects within an annual budgetary cycle creates problems in that it may take a number of years to acquire and to develop urban sites . |
| 11 | It will be a tight , hard game and perhaps it may take a replay before a decision is arrived at . |
| 12 | It may take a week or two . |
| 13 | If the Commission decides that the Regulation does not apply , it must take a decision to that effect ( which is capable of challenge ) . |
| 14 | And it takes it must take a lot longer to produce a plane like the Tornado and a Spitfire or a Lancaster in erm the days of erm nineteen forty three |
| 15 | fra , ma frame of mind , you got to demand and wait for the answer , even though it might take a minute for the to say erm , erm , oh we use erm , you know , we 've got a , a , a local van that comes and se , like , you know . |
| 16 | It might take a while for the contacts to happen , but they 'd happen . |
| 17 | you know in other words it might take a bit of time to work it out , there is some reason why he must of said that must n't did n't he ? |
| 18 | It might take a bit longer than . |
| 19 | Mr John McDonnell , QC , for the company , had urged Mr Justice Hoffman to exercise the court 's power to the full , saying that it might take a year for the case to be heard by the House of Lords . |
| 20 | Or it might take a weekend depending . |
| 21 | ‘ It might take a letter a week to get to Germany , might n't it ? ’ said Mrs Fanshawe , taking her rings off and amusing herself by making them flash in the sunlight right into Nurse Rose 's eyes . |
| 22 | After Flinders you are aware I go to Kings and although I trust it will not be so it might take a month to accomplish the journey ( that is if the winds prove contrary ) I state this in order that you might not be alarmed in not hearing from me . |
| 23 | I 've got a large carrying case for an electronic organ keyboard er I want to sell , it 's it 'll take a keyboard erm forty one inches long by forty inches wide and four and a half inches deep and it 's all sort of shaped inside with the lining to the shape of the keyboard and nice strong box . |
| 24 | Of course , it 'll take a day to get it settled ; but I can put up with that . ’ |
| 25 | It 'll take a day or two . |
| 26 | ‘ It 'll take a minute to get at it . |
| 27 | Erm I mean it 'll take a while to install . |
| 28 | It 'll take a while to be ready for use with everything they do to it these days , and if she does need it , the sooner it can be ready , the better . |
| 29 | it 'll take a while try and get the border thing across |
| 30 | No , it 'll take a while |