Example sentences of "[conj] take a few " in BNC.
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| 1 | This ‘ tri-axial ’ feature makes sawing in tight corners or taking a few millimetres off the bottom of a fitted door very easy work . |
| 2 | The lunch hour is like a time warp — give or take a few price increases . |
| 3 | Give or take a few years they are contemporaries , and yet historically people place Brian Way very much earlier . |
| 4 | ‘ Three hundred and fifty years , give or take a few . ’ |
| 5 | While advances in information technology have so far done little to change the telephone itself — give or take a few microchips and memories — it 's easy to see that IT has had a dramatic affect on the underlying telecoms infrastructure , and the way we use it . |
| 6 | ‘ Give or take a few sandbanks . |
| 7 | Formerly the collection of the Greater London Council , the 5,000-piece strong holding ( give or take a few balusters ) is now the property of English Heritage , curated by Mr Treve Rosoman who has looked after it since its days with the GLC . |
| 8 | We also know that the specialization took place very early in the evolution of mammals and that the ancestors of the main groups that are alive today all appeared around the same time , give or take a few million years . |
| 9 | Since no apprentices were taken after 1910 , and since the age at which girls normally left school and began working was fourteen ( give or take a few months ) , the youngest women in the sample were born in 1896 . |
| 10 | Er and I said , Give or take a few days , and she said , Yeah . |
| 11 | ‘ About 11.15 , give or take a few minutes . ’ |
| 12 | Give or take a few minor exceptions , all members have the same number of chromosomes , and every location along the length of a chromosome has its exact opposite number in the same position along the length of the corresponding chromosome in all other members of the species . |
| 13 | The lifetimes of DNA messages ( give or take a few mutations ) are measured in units ranging from millions of years to hundreds of millions of years ; or , in other words , ranging from 10,000 individual lifetimes to a trillion individual lifetimes . |
| 14 | In other words , instead of almost doubling year by year , last we are about the same , we have n't got all the confirmations , we 're about the same as we were the year before , give or take a few , about say five percent . |
| 15 | Rossini set the words of his theatre librettists happily and so , give or take a few personal quiddities , did the Italian stories , outline and the dictate the treatment , but he handed over the actual versification to Piave , Ghislanzoni , Boito and the rest . |
| 16 | Well you always know that you know when they say twelve foot six it is n't quite right , they give or take a few inches . |
| 17 | Occasionally , when she came over from England with Neil , they 'd go out and take a few pigeons on a Sunday morning , but his heart was n't in it . |
| 18 | They are encouraged to try and take a few steps back and be a little more objective with themselves . |
| 19 | It is definitely worth flying to Prague and taking a few days to look around before you travel across the country to Slovakia . |
| 20 | But , by using some alternative cleaners and taking a few simple precautionary steps , you can avoid many of the hidden hazards |
| 21 | Mitch was also looking at the Alhambra and taking a few more shots . |
| 22 | She gave a slight , sad smile , stood up and took a few paces round the bedroom . |
| 23 | She got up , steadying herself against the wall , and took a few experimental steps . |
| 24 | I waved away his solicitations and took a few mouthfuls of air followed by some tea . |
| 25 | On her way out she paused , reaching up to slot the dā telo branch between the stones above the lintel , and the bull lowered its head threateningly and took a few steps towards her as if it was going to lunge . |
| 26 | She had not thought to have Ariel set her whole spine on a splint , so when , after three months , Sycorax raised herself and found her weak legs and took a few steps , her whole weight slung against Ariel on one side and Jack Elsey on the other , she was bent like a hoop and could only shuffle forward , raising her head , like a turtle poking out of its shell , to address anyone who was not actually on the floor below her . |
| 27 | She clasped her hands , and took a few short paces . |
| 28 | He stood up and put his hands in his pockets and took a few turns about the room . |
| 29 | They wanted to complete their survey of the island , write up their findings and take a few definitive shots for their photographic record . |
| 30 | He may well go into shock and take a few months to accept the inevitability of family life . |