Example sentences of "take [pers pn] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Farmer Dawes said it might take them a few days to settle down but they were laying on the second day . ’ |
| 2 | It may take them a little while , but it is important that you contact them to make a housing application and let them know of your needs . |
| 3 | ‘ I think it will take them a little while to catch up again . |
| 4 | We hope we will be able to take new proposals to Potter Street on the second of November if nothing else , we will certainly take them an honest indication of where we 've got to so far and what proposals will be taking place , and what we will be proposing erm for the future . |
| 5 | It will take me a long time to correct & copy , though : when I have done so , of course you shall have it . |
| 6 | ‘ It will take me a long time to define what I mean . |
| 7 | It is very heated and more than anything else I have done would take me a million miles from the safety of Ramsay Street , ’ she said . |
| 8 | So I could go on at great length , colleagues , to tell you that he 's on this committee and that committee well er and that would take me a good half hour because he 's , he 's on , he 's involved in everything in everything in the Party in the union erm , and his commitment is absolutely second to none . |
| 9 | If we were sitting in a room and someone came in talking or making a noise , Dawn would panic and it would take me a few minutes to calm her down . |
| 10 | it 'll take me an half an hour to go , do you want me to go and get it ? |
| 11 | And she would take ye a wee walk round the cemetery , and I can remember pinchin' rhododendrons comin' out the gate . ’ |
| 12 | In Nottingham city centre though the Royal Hotel car park that 's fairly busy and there are still queues at both entrances of the Victoria Centre and it will take you a good few minutes if you want to get yourself parked in Trinity Square car park they 're still operating on a one out one in basis so obviously better to avoid that one if you want to get yourself parked up you can avoid those queues there 's plenty of room at the Stoney Street car park that 's in the Market there 's always the Fletchergate car park St James Street you 'll find that next to the Albany Hotel or you could er make your way to the Broadmoor Centre you wo n't have to queue to get in there . |
| 13 | How long did it take to establish that did it take you a long time to ? |
| 14 | Well Charlotte it 's not easy , it 's gon na take you a long time , but then so |
| 15 | ‘ But it 'll take you the best part of two days to provide the concealment , ’ said Dorrainge , surveying Lugh 's neatly drawn plans and watching the men sawing off branches and raking up leaves from the forest floor . |
| 16 | If you want to stay with STG , I 'll be happy to arrange to have your work handled by one of the other partners although it may take him a little time to be able to handle your affairs completely on his own without asking you a lot of questions . ’ |
| 17 | It would take him a long time then would n't it ? |
| 18 | That should take him a long time to . |
| 19 | From there , the crossing and the distance he had covered on that path , to the place where he was found , would take him no more than half an hour — less , if he was a brisk walker , and it was raining , he 'd be no longer than he need out in it . |
| 20 | " Then if you wo n't take him willingly you can take him the other way . |
| 21 | You could take her a small gift … ’ |
| 22 | It would take her a long while to learn to become one of them . |
| 23 | Doctors said it would take her the best part of a year to recover . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | If we really fell in love and then never saw one another again , it would take us a long time to get over it and forget . |
| 26 | That 'll be one read , but we 'd have to read it to you and it 'll take us a long time ! |
| 27 | Erm that 's the plan of course it it will take us a long time to find something suitable . |
| 28 | Erm and it 'll take us a little bit of touch actually now the computer evaluated . |
| 29 | Well perhaps because they were more idealist and that now they 're becoming more realist but they 're still erm I mean they 're learning from their past mistakes and they 've seen that right so we have to have a moderate policy which is gon na take us a little bit further towards socialism . |
| 30 | There 's no panacea ; er it will take us a little while to get our programmes in place and to get them producing results . |