Example sentences of "it [modal v] have take [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It must have taken supernatural greed |
| 2 | A spokesman for Fife Health Board said it would have to take legal advice before any question of an appeal was considered . |
| 3 | ‘ It would have taken nine months to do them by hand , but it took six months this way . |
| 4 | This has sleeping-room for one , even though it would have taken two shepherds to carry it , leaving you to wonder how the odd shepherd out spent the night . |
| 5 | However , he said : ‘ The case we would have put had already been voiced March and it would have taken two months for the appeal to be heard during which time there would be no money coming in to provide council services , ’ he said . |
| 6 | It would have taken first prize at the Policeman 's Ball . |
| 7 | For a soft-shoulder Sunday mechanic like me it would have taken all day , but most of the jobs are incredibly simple to the man who can , who served his time with Ford and spent years at London Transport . |
| 8 | Surely this must be one of the very first models here and at that time I never heard of anyone owning one ( it would have taken six weeks wages to pay for it ) . |
| 9 | The plan for the evacuation to be in groups of three had to be abandoned , as it would have taken 40 hours to get all of the men out and the gas collecting near them made it imperative that the exercise be completed in much less time . |
| 10 | Whereas years ago , it would have taken some time for that come by by which time it was no longer news , and people shrugged their shoulders and say well , |
| 11 | It would have taken 25 years to complete and required the Thames to be frozen over for about seventeen years , to prevent the river flooding the deep foundations . |
| 12 | But it would have taken more courage than I could muster . |
| 13 | He could have stuck pins into himself and it would have taken ten seconds for his body to complain . |
| 14 | ‘ It would have taken forty-five minutes by bus , but I did it in a quarter of an hour by bike , ’ he said . |
| 15 | This is a race ; in Europe it will have taken 35 years from the signing of the Treaty of Rome to attain the European Community 's planned single market in 1992 . |