Example sentences of "take [noun] in a few [noun pl] " in BNC.
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1 | Why do not the Government set up — as the Labour party will when it takes office in a few months — a national crime prevention council to co-ordinate the work of all the Departments of state in crime prevention ? |
2 | Learning by imitation can take place in a few minutes , whereas the reproduction of a whole new adult animal can take many years . |
3 | ‘ The presentation of the prizes will take place in a few minutes … ’ |
4 | Such increases in tannin in browsed Acacia nigrescens in southern Africa have been reported to take place in a few minutes and the production of ethylene during damage has been considered to be the promoter of tannin increase . |
5 | When she visited us with her boyfriend and said that she would be able to take Susan in a few weeks , we had to disguise our emotions . |