Example sentences of "it [modal v] [verb] a couple " in BNC.
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| 1 | It may take a couple more hundred years , a thousand , but we will get there . |
| 2 | It may take a couple of minutes , since one arm is temporarily out of order . |
| 3 | It should loosen a couple of teeth — and it feels like I have one stuck in the middle of my forehead . |
| 4 | And er your parents or your mother or your father would get up very early that morning to light the copper , so that the water would be hot to start boiling , it would probably take , it could take a couple of hours to sort of re really heat a copper full of hot water . |
| 5 | A spokesman agreed yesterday that it could take a couple of months for dealers to clear stocks of Cavaliers . |
| 6 | A neglected window frame can reach the point of no return , but it could gain a couple of years ' reprieve by the clever use of a wood repair system . |
| 7 | ‘ 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 . |
| 8 | It will take a couple of months to get used to it , ’ one officer said . |
| 9 | ‘ But it has n't really sunk in yet and I guess it will take a couple of days . |
| 10 | Among other things , it can carry a couple of surfboards . |