Example sentences of "it would take about [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Caretaker reflected : if he got the Amy Roy 's tender out and rowed across , it would take about fifteen minutes . |
| 2 | C Will agreed to put this in hand , and estimated that it would take about two months to complete . |
| 3 | Unfortunately , it would take about five man-centuries to write the New Testament into a bacterium , so I doubt if anybody will bother . |
| 4 | It would take about er it would take about three days like to really give it and then it would have to lie for a wee while to harden you know , the polish to harden . |
| 5 | I estimate that it would take about 2 months using -day of my time per week . |
| 6 | I estimate that it would take about 2 months using ½-day of my time per week . |
| 7 | But it would take about ten times the age of the Universe to write it all . ’ |