Example sentences of "may take a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Learning a simple document formatter may take a couple of days , a full page makeup system may require months of experimentation before the results look professional . |
| 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 increases the pressure on volunteers and on the phone lines dramatically , because whereas any other sort of information call may take a minute or two , an AIDS call can take half an hour or more because the information may lead into a discussion of the caller 's lifestyle , moral attitudes and emotional needs . |
| 5 | Doctor Staples says you may take a turn on the walks from now on . |
| 6 | Tractors may take a fraction of the time to do the job . |
| 7 | Very often the period is much longer and securing the requisite number of ratifications may take a decade more , if , indeed , this is achieved at all . |
| 8 | These may take a bit of finding — although an electronic stud detector will help — but once the batten has been secured , the kitchen cupboard ( or whatever ) can be secured to it with normal woodscrews . |
| 9 | It may take a bit of imagination for , for some of the , some of you but what do you think ? |
| 10 | The third one may take a bit more work , but then that 's half the fun . ’ |
| 11 | The idea of combining two energy sources for cooking may take a bit of rethinking on the cook 's part initially . |
| 12 | Er , our importance has er , frankly now been recognised by the Prime Minister , who talked about the voluntary organisations not very long ago and referred to us as cement , which holds society together , and I think if that 's right , and hopefully , the government may take a bit more notice of us . |
| 13 | Buying a pair may take a bit of soul searching . |
| 14 | The first one may take a bit of time getting down but after that it |
| 15 | If dealing with a large number of candidates you may like to ask the candidate if you may take a polaroid picture for the application form if this has not been supplied already . |
| 16 | It may take a stake in the venture . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | It may take a while before the clients cotton on to what is happening . |
| 19 | Without a more general explanation , the information gained from the excavation may take a while to reach the general public . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | There is a locking attachment for a windsurfer which may take a wave ski but there are no facilities for fitting uprights , C , J , V or U bars . |
| 22 | You may take a stroll before you go up , if you wish . |
| 23 | Whereas a cold may take a day or two to develop and produce a cough , sore throat and streaming nose , flu arrives much more suddenly , and also causes a high temperature and sore and aching joints and muscles . |
| 24 | Neolamprologus brichardi may take a year or more to settle down and breed . |
| 25 | But , like showbusiness , it may take a year before EuroDisney polishes up its act . |
| 26 | The elderly person interviewed may take a delight in explaining to the children exactly how certain things were used or how they worked . |
| 27 | Like study of the forest , it may take a generation to quantify the effect on fish stock . |
| 28 | Course work may take a variety of forms including practical and investigational work ; tasks should be appropriate to candidates ' individual levels of ability . |
| 29 | The movement to re-examine curriculum and methodology , which has been shown to be characteristic of teachers and educationists since the end of the Second World War , may take a variety of different forms , and become associated with a number of different fashions and bandwagons , but it is unlikely to come to a halt . |
| 30 | There are also rumours that she may take a role in a film directed by David Lynch 's daughter Jennifer , which promises to make Blue Velvet look positively staid . |