Example sentences of "take a little [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A variation that we used to do , but which takes a little practice to get right , is to cut an elastic band , hold one end with your thumb or finger tip just below the implant , reach round the back with the other hand , stretch the elastic and , keeping it stretched , bring the end round and over the section under your thumb , grip it in the same way , pass round again and over the starting point . |
| 2 | Royal icing takes a little practice to spread evenly and pipe , but the results are well worth the effort . |
| 3 | It takes a little time to sec that you 're not moving forward any more , either because you do n't know how or because there is n't anywhere to move forward to . |
| 4 | Inevitably , this sometimes takes a little time , but the camera crews are becoming remarkably skilled at finding the Members and delay is now minimised . |
| 5 | The Threshold level must be set carefully for the unit to be fully effective , and beware , because getting this absolutely right takes a little time . |
| 6 | Once a nectary has been drained , it takes a little time to refill . |
| 7 | The process takes a little time to grasp but very soon you will quickly put down on paper a series of " main points " . |
| 8 | I imagine they walked in silence for some way after that ; putting a new idea into someone 's imagination , even if that imagination belongs to the cleverest young Fellow of the very grandest college , is like turning on the television — it takes a little time for the set to warm up . |
| 9 | It will take a little time for me to forget the hurt and the disappointment … |
| 10 | The man regarded by Peter Swales , at Manchester City , as a little dull , introduced himself at Oakwell by saying : ‘ It may take a little time , but I can assure you that we will get promotion within three years . ’ |
| 11 | It may take a little time to adjust to anything , from strange surroundings to a new mattress . |
| 12 | ‘ I 'd like to set your wrist and put on a small plaster , which will take a little time to dry . |
| 13 | However , convincing myself the pebbles I was climbing on would n't pull out did take a little time . |
| 14 | The keyboard controls can take a little time to get used to — here 's a list of the main commands : |
| 15 | So it helps first of all when you 're setting up the spreadsheet I suppose you can create one formula then copy it instead of having to edit each one individually , erm but later on you might accidentally or maybe deliberately in some cases overtype a cell and er if you have to put it back again and what you probably do is copy it from the adjacent cell and then you have to study the formula to try and understand it , and then edit it if it was n't the copyable formula and , er it may take a little time to edit it but it could take you a lot longer to understand it . |
| 16 | With the help of System Three Scotland we have developed the questionnaire which is attached and we would be very grateful if you would take a little time to complete it . |
| 17 | ‘ Maybe we should take a little time out … just the two of us … |
| 18 | It does take a little time to right a market that has got so badly out of step . ’ |
| 19 | True relaxation is something which can be learned by anyone — although , like anything worth having , it does take a little practice . |
| 20 | The main rule is ‘ be nosey ’ — and this may take a little practice if you 're looking at secondhand ( ie other people 's ) homes . |
| 21 | It may take a little practice , there may be a telephone box or a house or two to remove but it 's not as difficult as it sounds . |
| 22 | It will take a little practice to get right , but a tie made properly and firmly in this way will ‘ feel ’ right , and it will at once be clear how and why this method does a job that other methods and materials do not do . |
| 23 | It is , therefore , worth taking a little time and trouble to understand how this can be attained and is the purpose of this short article . |
| 24 | And it is worth taking a little time to look at this personage . |
| 25 | I therefore put it to him that he has really now er a definite choice , he can seek to resist most of these amendments and I have n't a slightest doubt they 'll be put into the Bill er the Bill will be drastically altered thereby er and when it goes back to another place nobody quite knows er wh what will happen to it , or he can use his very considerable powers of conciliation er by taking a little time for further consideration . |
| 26 | I took a little time off in Rome to do some shopping . |
| 27 | It took a little time for him to realise that ‘ Bovril ’ was not a local retailer . |
| 28 | In the provinces it took a little time before London fashions were adopted . |
| 29 | News concerning the development in style took a little time to percolate through to the country ; a sculptor carving a resurrection scene on a 1707 headstone outside the south door of Uffington church , Oxfordshire , continues to depict the gable-lidded coffin . |
| 30 | This took a little time during which I pondered uneasily on the possibility , however remote , of having to recognize the existence of additional progeny , and all that it would entail . |