Example sentences of "[pron] [modal v] take [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ He looked at me with one of those amiable stares of his , said I was overworked and I should take some time off . |
| 2 | The bank itself conceded in its ‘ financial sector operations policy ’ published at the weekend , that ‘ public offerings also require a fair degree of investor sophistication which may take some time to develop in some of the bank 's countries of operation ’ . |
| 3 | ‘ We are going through the process of making forensic tests and taking statements , which may take some time , and the inquiry is now mushrooming out from the house . ’ |
| 4 | There are a number of questions to investigate , which may take some time . |
| 5 | Not only can information which may take considerable time to locate but which needs to be as up-to-date as possible be handled by Prestel but the ability to communicate personal , one-off inquiries to the information providers is a great advantage . |
| 6 | Now , when she is fully dilated , which will take some time , I will tell you to stop . |
| 7 | I mean , I do I do take your point about the culture , and it and it 's it is a significant issue , which will take some time , I mean , probably wi with your experience in Social Services you 'll know that a substantial number of directors of Social Services are in fact female , and maybe one of the questions that we have to ask at a senior level is , our s senior erm , chief officers , erm , the fact that we 've got no woman , chief officer , and it may well be because now that we 've got an equal opportunities policy , that we may get applications from erm , very able women who see that we have got a clear commitment to equal opportunities demonstrated in this paper . |
| 8 | When , among humans , there are outbursts of anger or fighting , then such emotions normally leave a residue of resentment , of ill-feeling , which can take some time to subside or disperse . |
| 9 | You 'd expect the productivity to fall would n't you , if you were actually operating a fax service because you 'd save , you 'd take more time to monitor it |
| 10 | ‘ By stating that she would take sick time because her holiday request had been denied , she appeared to be abusing the company sick scheme , ’ said Mrs Proffitt . |
| 11 | That does n't necessarily mean you will take more time to get around the golf course . |
| 12 | And I handed over my day timing , now bear in mind this is all in pencil , and she looked at the schedule for May and said you 're not real busy this month , you know , you can take some time off . |
| 13 | And that 's led to a change in the guitars , as well , because any guitar with a tremolo arm is a guitar with a trapdoor , an escape route you can take any time you 're feeling uncomfortable — and they make you lazy with your finger vibrato as well . |
| 14 | ‘ Next year we 'll take some time off and go to Italy together , ’ her mother had said . |
| 15 | The producers of all these programmes are inundated with cassette tapes from bands , so they may take some time before listening to them all . |
| 16 | Besides , she had said , perhaps they would take more time repairing the heating system if they knew the two of them were able to keep warm without it . |
| 17 | I take it , it will mostly be building new prisons , but they will take some time , especially if the Ministry of Works have anything to do with the plans . |
| 18 | In practice , however , the elasticity of demand for imports and exports may not be of an appropriate value or else it may take considerable time before such automatic forces become effective . |
| 19 | The trade gap looks appalling and it may take some time before we see a significant drop in consumer spending . |
| 20 | It may take some time ! |
| 21 | It may take some time before a beginner experiences it , but performance will not become efficient until she does . |
| 22 | Because he does n't drive a car , it may take some time . |
| 23 | The potential mobility of non-motorized persons is also enhanced , though it may take some time ( and , probably , more measures ) for the modal split to change significantly . |
| 24 | Jockey Club senior steward Lord Hartington said last night : ‘ We will certainly continue the campaign until we win but , sadly , it may take some time . |
| 25 | ‘ It may take some time . ’ |
| 26 | It may take some time to program this technique as it has to take into account all foreseeable circumstances . |
| 27 | ‘ The yacht is a rather slow model of course , so it may take some time for you to die . ’ |
| 28 | It may take some time before matters settle down again and action proceeds quasi-automatically according to revised schemas . |
| 29 | Bear in mind that it may take some time for the police to arrive . |
| 30 | So I think it may take some time . ’ |