Example sentences of "but it [modal v] take a " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ But it might take a few years . |
| 2 | Now the trouble with fractions is if you do n't know your tables it can be you can work it out you could get there but it 'll take a long time if you do know your tables you just go , Yeah three fours are twelve . |
| 3 | Shoelaces are difficult ; most five-year-olds manage to tie them , but it 'll take a long time if the only practice she gets is actually putting on the shoes each morning . |
| 4 | ‘ That 's a very touching story , but it 'll take a little more than that to convince me that you were n't heading for the exit . ’ |
| 5 | But it 'll take a brave competitor to challenge any decision he calls |
| 6 | if you 're taking six foot of film it wo n't weigh much but it 'll take a lot of room up . |
| 7 | There was a chance they would try to rush him , but it would take a fraction of a second to release his grip on the open clothes-peg . |
| 8 | His own love of stories , though real enough , was private , almost furtive — he was a dedicated reader of the Sherlock Holmes stories , for example — but it would take a sharp eye , and a good memory , to notice the quotation from Conan Doyle 's ‘ The Musgrave Ritual ’ buried in his pre-war play Murder in the Cathedral . |
| 9 | But it would take a pretty exceptional executioner to come up with a vegetable on the spur of the moment . |
| 10 | The information is , indeed , available but it would take a very canny investor to calculate all the possible effects on his return . |
| 11 | He argues : ‘ I have little doubt that on average we will see a premium of about a third , but it could take a few weeks to get there . |
| 12 | ‘ That 's true , ’ Michael said , ‘ but it can take a killer board and make it magical . ’ |
| 13 | It helps staff to work as a group , but it can take a while for somebody new to fit in . |
| 14 | ‘ It will be interesting to see if the system has been improved in any way , but it will take a couple of months before we really see any indication of that , ’ said one insider . |
| 15 | Packed into numbered wooden crates , simply stencilled THE QUEEN 'S DOLLS ' HOUSE it left dirt and chaos in its wake , ‘ … oh , the mess … it 's awful , I must put it clean , ’ wrote its creator to his wife , as he surveyed the wreckage of his Adam drawing room , ‘ but it will take a long time ! ’ |
| 16 | ‘ I can get it out , but it will take a moment . |
| 17 | However , the Bill requires those galleries to buy works of art , but it will take a long time to make such acquisitions . |
| 18 | But it will take a long time to change the Romanian attitude . |
| 19 | New trees are being planted but it will take a very long time to repair the damage . |
| 20 | oh I do n't know , I do n't know , I think it will be a while getting rid of it yes , but I think he might get his price eventually , but it will take a long while to get it , it 's up to him if he wants a quick sale , you know , thirty five yeah I , thirty five thousand I think , as I say taking everything into consideration , I mean , failing three okay I know I did the thirty three so take thirty five , thirty three and a half , oh he ai n't got much to worry about |
| 21 | The nomes exchanged meaningful glances , and the kind of meaning they were full of was : She 's fooling herself , but it 'd take a braver nome than me to tell her . |