Example sentences of "take a few [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The lifetimes of DNA messages ( give or take a few mutations ) are measured in units ranging from millions of years to hundreds of millions of years ; or , in other words , ranging from 10,000 individual lifetimes to a trillion individual lifetimes . |
| 2 | Formerly the collection of the Greater London Council , the 5,000-piece strong holding ( give or take a few balusters ) is now the property of English Heritage , curated by Mr Treve Rosoman who has looked after it since its days with the GLC . |
| 3 | If you just have a take a few moments |
| 4 | " He also buys and sells antiques for a living and he has promised to come down next week and have a proper look and then perhaps take a few things back to London to some man he knows who is an expert on Oriental China and objets d'art . " |
| 5 | Well you always know that you know when they say twelve foot six it is n't quite right , they give or take a few inches . |
| 6 | He 'd open the door , take a few sips , close the door and look for the principal in the toilet . |
| 7 | ‘ About 11.15 , give or take a few minutes . ’ |
| 8 | I think a structured note take a few notes , will that 'll be okay , done , put to bed . |
| 9 | He has no time for the fair-weather aid groups , who will only go to Romania in the summer and is annoyed by those who deliver basic supplies , take a few pictures and never return . |
| 10 | Take a few pieces of this stuff , it looks like gravel |
| 11 | Well take a few photographs . |
| 12 | I take a few steps then , remembering my hold-all , push my way back to it like a drowning man . |
| 13 | When they reach the borders of their territory , they take a few steps with lowered hindquarters so that long grass passing between their back legs rubs against this gland and acquires a smell that even a human nose can easily detect . |
| 14 | Take a few months off . |
| 15 | Since no apprentices were taken after 1910 , and since the age at which girls normally left school and began working was fourteen ( give or take a few months ) , the youngest women in the sample were born in 1896 . |
| 16 | He may well go into shock and take a few months to accept the inevitability of family life . |
| 17 | Give or take a few years they are contemporaries , and yet historically people place Brian Way very much earlier . |
| 18 | However , that would be a few years , take a few years before that happened . |
| 19 | ‘ So I take a few risks , ’ I snap . |
| 20 | ‘ Give or take a few sandbanks . |
| 21 | While advances in information technology have so far done little to change the telephone itself — give or take a few microchips and memories — it 's easy to see that IT has had a dramatic affect on the underlying telecoms infrastructure , and the way we use it . |
| 22 | Take a few facts . |
| 23 | There is no need to spend time punching the whole pile at once — take a few sheets when needed and punch them immediately before use . |
| 24 | Finally , there 's Sandra After Dark , a cable show that offers a twist on the chat format by inviting guests to drop by , take a few drinks from the topless waitresses , and talk casually , with the kind of natural interruptions that occur at a party . |
| 25 | You see , with costs like this , even if you take a few days off you 're a million quid in the hole ! ’ |
| 26 | The boss knew I was worked to death , and not wanting to lose me said , ‘ Mick , you take a few days rest . |
| 27 | ( Many of us take a few days off a year due to PMS , but about one in five women takes a fortnight or more ) . |
| 28 | Their immune systems are so damaged that colds and bugs which normally take a few days to clear can take weeks or months . |
| 29 | Er and I said , Give or take a few days , and she said , Yeah . |
| 30 | Take a few days to dry , but they dry eventually . |