Example sentences of "and it [modal v] take [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We 've got a nice piece of beef , and it 'll take two hours at least . ’ |
| 2 | And it 'll take six weeks before the plaster can come off this fox . |
| 3 | And it 'll take six weeks before the plaster can come off this fox . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | The trade gap looks appalling and it may take some time before we see a significant drop in consumer spending . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | Well that 's interesting , because six women do the job in eight hours , and it would take eight women to do it in six hours . |
| 12 | Further impractical solutions include forbidding obese people to reproduce : the effect of this would be surprisingly small , and it would take several generations of extremely unpopular enforced birth control to even halve the rate of obesity in the population . |
| 13 | And it will take private investors some time to get used to it . |
| 14 | This sequence is probably going to be shot very early in the morning , and it will take great strength of mind to get it all together . |
| 15 | Unemployment traditionally lags other economic indicators in a recovery and it will take some time before firms feel sure enough of the trend to consider expanding workforces again . |
| 16 | 77 rafts will take to the water at Hay on Wye early tomorrow morning and it will take 3 days to complete the 100 mile journey through Hereford , Ross and Monmouth to Chepstow . |
| 17 | In the earliest phase of a mental disorder , relatives feel puzzled and bewildered by what is happening , and it can take many months or even years before deteriorating social function gives way to overt symptoms which can be clearly interpreted as mental illness . |
| 18 | All three deposit their surveys at the ESRC Data Archive at the University of Essex , but the data arrives in a form that can be quite hard to read , and it can take several months for the Archive to be able to supply even small amounts of the raw data in a form usable on most college computers . |
| 19 | There are particular muscles which seem to carry most of the burden , and it can take several sessions to help them become relaxed . |
| 20 | This bringing of the people of God back to personal thankfulness for their place in Christ is one of the vital functions of worship , and it can take some time . |
| 21 | When friends fall out the mess can be considerable and it can take some time for the wounds to heal . |