Example sentences of "say it [vb mod] take [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A hard-line pressure group , the Campaign for Real Education ( CRE ) , says it will take head teachers and governors to court if they fail to take action against ‘ obstructive ’ members of staff . |
| 2 | The ministry says it will take this action under the 1854 Defence Act if the commoners — local residents — can not agree to relinquish rights which affect military installations . |
| 3 | The Banking , Insurance and Finance Union has resolved to cooperate with a scheme for voluntary redundancies but says it could take industrial action if the job losses are made compulsory . |
| 4 | THE United Nations dealt a new blow to the starving millions in Somalia last night by saying it could take three weeks to stop bandits raiding food supplies . |
| 5 | But Defence Secretary Malcolm Rifkind said it would take 100,000 troops years to defeat the Serbs . |
| 6 | Tonight the Radcliffe Infirmary in Oxford said it would take two patients from the airlift . |
| 7 | He said it would take some time to redress the imbalance in spending on black and white children when five times as much is still spent on each white child as on each black child . |
| 8 | I said , that 's alright , but when you find out what wanted to er to do , he said it 'd take two days . |
| 9 | Fire chief Hugo Ernst said it could take four days to retrieve all the bodies . |