Example sentences of "[noun] it [modal v] take " in BNC.
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| 1 | Even at top levels of Highlight speed it would take us a few bio-days to get there . |
| 2 | Even in Darcy 's Utopia it will take quite some getting used to . |
| 3 | If they were opposed , it would take only 24 hours , but if there was no opposition it would take twice that time , because the cheering Romanian population would hold them up with their welcome . |
| 4 | If some is present ( bearing in mind it can take 72 hours for food to pass through the gut ) , then continue with sinking wheatgerm . |
| 5 | You 've got to think how many words it would take to start an argument . |
| 6 | 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 ? |
| 7 | In other words it can take doing that person no good service like if there 's any doubt suspending it immediately . |
| 8 | After losing 2–0 to the United States it will take the greatest resilience by both the Football Association and the England manager himself to defend his position now . |
| 9 | Just as the young Federman arrives in America and will embark on a new series of experiences , so Double Or Nothing speculates about the possible shapes it might take . |
| 10 | The Defence Department also proposed a possible reduction to a level of 150,000 of US troops stationed in Europe over the five years to 1995 , provided that the Warsaw Pact reciprocated and on the assumption that the Soviet Union could no longer depend upon its Warsaw Pact allies to support any military action it may take . |
| 11 | If the local authority has itself obtained an emergency protection order it must make inquiries to ascertain what action it should take next ( s47(2) ) . |
| 12 | If the company does prove its case , it is still not clear whether it would escape the sanctions threatened by the US against European telecommunications products and services — mainly because the US has not firmed up on what action it will take . |
| 13 | Werner came to our rescue with the loan of a hundred dollars , which would have to see us through the three or four months it might take us to reach Aru . |
| 14 | IF you are depressed or anxious , having relationship difficulties or worried about work , finding a qualified counsellor to talk things over with is n't always easy — especially if you ca n't afford fees of between £15 and £30 an hour , or do n't feel able to wait the weeks or even months it can take to get an appointment . |
| 15 | This is what it was all about , to push the Germans back , mile by mile , no matter how long or what dreadful toll it might take , until they were safely confined behind their own boundaries again . |
| 16 | Chapman 's final advice to Clough is not to linger too long in the job because of the toll it could take upon him . |
| 17 | A pity it 'll take so long to check . |
| 18 | In July it will take over 1,200 civil servants employed by Telekom and the workforce will rise to 3,700 in 1994 . |
| 19 | However , it has been suggested that on the present basis it would take 46 years to clear the backlog in housing disrepair … |
| 20 | Yeah I do n't say we do n't row , I do n't say we do n't argue and get on each other 's nerves , we do , but when he goes back to work now for a couple of days it 'll take me three or four days to settle down into not having him there . |
| 21 | He said if a valuer were to get accurate valuations on all the properties in Milton Street it would take more than one day . |
| 22 | At White Hart Lane , the season began with all the disappointments it could take . |
| 23 | Pentagon hardliners , who have opposed a chemical weapons ban on the grounds that it could not be verified adequately , suggested the idea of seeking continued production of the new ‘ binary ’ weapons during the 10 years it would take to eliminate all arsenals . |
| 24 | Years and years and years it would take . |
| 25 | Even if there were such a description it would be difficult to imagine the number of working years it would take to arrive at a complete frequency description of a novel , let alone " the language as a whole " . |
| 26 | Bankers have warned of ballooning costs over the 18 years it would take to build . |
| 27 | Later in the day it will take less than five minutes simultaneously to drop the Whole group , with their stores , into Safra from fifteen C-130 Hercules aircraft . |
| 28 | Now central conference , by the time you went through all the stages of procedure it may take you ei possibly six to nine months , in some cases , sometimes it was held earlier . |
| 29 | And we have never apart from I think we 've lost one spoon which was the since we started so er we do n't leave valuable things around but it 's an important consideration to think that our most valuable things are things it would take four large strong men to move |
| 30 | My way with memory is to entrust it only with things it will take some pride in looking after . |