Example sentences of "and it [modal v] take " in BNC.
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| 1 | Now that will be hard , that needs a good deal of thought and it 'll take a long time . |
| 2 | ‘ And it 'll take us all back , ’ Gurder went on . |
| 3 | We 've got a nice piece of beef , and it 'll take two hours at least . ’ |
| 4 | I used to be Harry Maxim , then I was me and Jenny , and now I just do n't know and it 'll take more than lemon tea and a pink silk handkerchief in my sleeve and reading Goethe over breakfast to tell me . |
| 5 | Erm and it 'll take us a little bit of touch actually now the computer evaluated . |
| 6 | And it 'll take six weeks before the plaster can come off this fox . |
| 7 | And it 'll take six weeks before the plaster can come off this fox . |
| 8 | Yeah and it 'll take a |
| 9 | That 'll be one read , but we 'd have to read it to you and it 'll take us a long time ! |
| 10 | Well I 'm making arrangements to pay mine er but when I get paid on Friday it were going through , got ta pay him twenty five pounds and then fifteen pounds every fortnight thereafter and it 'll take seven months to pay but that 's all he can get off us . |
| 11 | Well it 'll take twenty minutes to get here and it 'll take about forty minutes to get the other way . |
| 12 | running taxi and it 'll take her to reception . |
| 13 | Not everyone suits the same kind of photographic style , and it may take several tries before you find a picture that eventually gets you noticed . |
| 14 | The trade gap looks appalling and it may take some time before we see a significant drop in consumer spending . |
| 15 | Accent or dialect can communicate place of residence during acquisition of language ; and it may take time for the listener to become accustomed to a different dialect . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | If there is some improvement , persist for another month or two — the Candida is slowly dying of starvation , and it may take a little while to finish it off entirely . |
| 18 | It is a mistake to be too ambitious to begin with , for when 50 or so near maturity they will require lots of food and it may take some gathering . |
| 19 | A few young people are really ‘ stuck ’ on glue or products and it may take a long time to help them . |
| 20 | When you first do this it can seem quite a risk and it may take time for fluency to grow , but it is worth it ! |
| 21 | It 's also worth noting that if leather corals are disturbed , especially by introducing them into an unfamiliar aquarium , the polyps will retract and it may take several days for them to reopen . |
| 22 | There are frictions in the markets for capital , labour , and products , and it may take a long time for changes in the pattern of demand to work their way through the system . |
| 23 | Acrylic tends to dry less opaque than it look when wet , and it may take repeated overpainting when thin layers of colour are used to cover completely something underneath . |
| 24 | But as we have seen , the law in some cases allows anyone with a genuine interest to make an application for judicial review , and it may take such persons a considerable time to find out about the decision they want to challenge . |
| 25 | The bisexuality within us all is presently unresolvable for you and it may take time to resolve itself . |
| 26 | If a site is being destroyed slowly , only a few finds are brought to the surface at any one time , and it may take years of plotting before the whereabouts of the site becomes apparent . |
| 27 | The review is normally chaired by an internal member of staff , often a head of department unassociated with the course ; and it may take the form of two or three meetings with the course team , enabling the course team to go on developing the course in the light of advice from the panel . |
| 28 | But well you know , it seems , that one such attempt has been ruined and rejected by the council , and it may take us a weary while to find a fair agreement and a council sobered enough and sensible enough to abide by it . |
| 29 | Old stopcocks were not made to a standard size and it may take some searching in plumbers ’ merchants to find something that will enable you to connect new copper pipe . |
| 30 | People who speak little or no English may not understand the need for speed , and it may take time to get the information translated . |