Example sentences of "[modal v] take [art] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Maybe we should take a little time out … just the two of us … |
| 2 | BRITISH Airways boss Lord King should take a few trips on Richard Branson 's Virgin Atlantic . |
| 3 | Michelle loved the new , warm colour of her hair but admitted , ‘ I might take a little more than 10 minutes to achieve this amazing sculptured style ! ’ |
| 4 | While a wire or a gate scheme might take a few weeks if spun out to the maximum , tunnels were sometimes under construction for six months . |
| 5 | The conference was assured that truly ‘ intelligent ’ machines would come , It was conceded that it might take a few hundred years . |
| 6 | ‘ It might take a few games for Martin to settle into the side but he is a good team man and strong defensively . |
| 7 | It has taken me twelve years to be as sure as I am now , and it might take a few more to be absolutely sure . |
| 8 | ‘ But it might take a few years . |
| 9 | He said they were fine , but that it might take a few weeks for the lenses to settle in my eyes . |
| 10 | Those who demand strict realism in fiction of this kind might take the same extreme view as Patrick O'Brian 's sardonic Dr Maturin who , in discussing the Spithead Mutiny with his more conventional friend Captain Aubrey , pronounces himself in favour of the rebellion : |
| 11 | It 'll take a few trips , but I should be able to get everybody involved in this mess back home eventually . ’ |
| 12 | Erm , well we 've got , I 'll take a few notes erm during this , during the course of our conversation , I 'll take them away , study them in complete confidence and come back to you next week with my recommendations . |
| 13 | Erm during the course of the meeting I 'll take a few notes , erm |
| 14 | As we prepare for the future , we thought we 'd take a few minutes to look back — at the first ten years of Central News . |
| 15 | But as the West German cities of Bremen and Hanover said they could take no more refugees , Berlin was still offering a warm welcome . |
| 16 | Then , towards dawn , he could take no more and messed the bed . |
| 17 | Patsy went , using his work for the insurance company as a pretext , for in truth he could take no more of the hypocrisy . |
| 18 | I could take no more but stood by the door whilst once more Benjamin peered at the blood-stained clothing . |
| 19 | He argues : ‘ I have little doubt that on average we will see a premium of about a third , but it could take a few weeks to get there . |
| 20 | The originator of the tapes has clearly decided to make his tape deck pay for itself ( although I think he could take a few hints on how to eliminate unwanted hum and noise ) and the result can only be described as a rip off . |
| 21 | Perhaps , perhaps you could take a few moments to show me the house , your room , where you work ? ’ |
| 22 | It would help if , perhaps , you could take a few days longer to prepare a considered report . " |
| 23 | I honestly think you could take the same script but reshoot it with women and it would work . |
| 24 | Let's take the same example of an essay on ‘ Health ’ : |
| 25 | Similarly , it may take no more than a momentary pang of empathetic distress to convince me that if I could become as aware from the sufferer 's viewpoint as from my own I would be spontaneously moved to help him even to my own cost . |
| 26 | The man regarded by Peter Swales , at Manchester City , as a little dull , introduced himself at Oakwell by saying : ‘ It may take a little time , but I can assure you that we will get promotion within three years . ’ |
| 27 | It may take a little time to adjust to anything , from strange surroundings to a new mattress . |
| 28 | The main rule is ‘ be nosey ’ — and this may take a little practice if you 're looking at secondhand ( ie other people 's ) homes . |
| 29 | It may take a little practice , there may be a telephone box or a house or two to remove but it 's not as difficult as it sounds . |
| 30 | So it helps first of all when you 're setting up the spreadsheet I suppose you can create one formula then copy it instead of having to edit each one individually , erm but later on you might accidentally or maybe deliberately in some cases overtype a cell and er if you have to put it back again and what you probably do is copy it from the adjacent cell and then you have to study the formula to try and understand it , and then edit it if it was n't the copyable formula and , er it may take a little time to edit it but it could take you a lot longer to understand it . |