Example sentences of "[modal v] take a short [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'll let Peter come back to you in just a moment erm and there are more question I would ask you as well but erm now we must take a short break with time at nine twenty six . |
| 2 | ‘ The streets are n't icy ? ’ he asked , and , reassured that they were not — not in the city centre , anyway — he suggested that they might take a short stroll , just a short one , if that suited Erika . |
| 3 | ‘ We 'll take a short cut . |
| 4 | We 'll have that last drink — you too , no argument ! — and then we 'll take a short walk up the side here to visit one of the oldest establishments in this area . ’ |
| 5 | Leith skirted round it , saw as she neared the house that the french doors of the drawing-room were open , but was in too much of an emotional uproar to realise that she could take a short cut . |
| 6 | Let's take a short refresher course in nutrition : |
| 7 | After lunch ( at about two o'clock ) many of us feel tired and may take a short nap , even though body temperature does not nominally fall much at this time . |
| 8 | In an emergency , it will take a short cut and plunge across a patch of land that it never normally enters in order to reach the safely of a bolt-hole . |
| 9 | If there is a market in index futures , such traders can take a short position by selling futures , thereby impounding their information about bad news into the futures price . |