Example sentences of "[modal v] take [pers pn] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | For example , if the car in front goes under a bridge it should take you two seconds to reach that point . |
2 | ‘ It might take me all summer , but I 'll do it . |
3 | ‘ He took over a team in turmoil — and it might take him five years to get it right . |
4 | It might take them some time to find out about Laura , because the interesting part of the story took place some years earlier . |
5 | Well we can we can but as I said , the two lads who know about it , who could do it , they said well it might take us two days . |
6 | I tell you what , if you 're not taking me I 'll take me bloody self , I said , but I 'm taking your car . |
7 | It 'll take me fifty minutes |
8 | ‘ I 'll take her some daffodils . ’ |
9 | oh yeah , it 'll take him all day to get ready for it , psyching himself up , mentally prepare himself to get into the kitchen |
10 | It 'll take them all morning to cover the kids from the school . |
11 | ‘ Seems they intend to , but it 'll take 'em some time . |
12 | I 'll take you one day . |
13 | ‘ I 'll take you all dragon boat racing in Hong Kong harbour if you pay for the flights ! ’ replied Paul . |
14 | Oh I 'll take you some time then , I love it . |
15 | They 'll take you 250 miles further on to Madrid , then you catch a plane back . |
16 | I 'll take you this afternoon |
17 | ‘ I 'll take you this evening . |
18 | do that tonight , cos it 'll take it all week to dry ! |
19 | He 'll take it any place , any time , free , bought , or bribed . |
20 | And er , it went wrong so she took her daughter 's out of her bedroom and using hers and when our John came down she were telling about it so he said oh I 'll take it this Sunday and I 'll fix it for you , of course with John working away he took the television |
21 | No , does n't fit on it 's stopped recording change the change the tape so a su but going back to that she was so convinced that it was gon na be a heck of a job that she would save us time by taking all the clothes out putting them somewhere else and I said it 'll take us three minutes |
22 | It could take him five seasons to get it right |
23 | A skilled Nottingham engineer 's daughter of the 1920s remembers her father ‘ would never go to see his parents unless he could take them some money … |
24 | ‘ I could take you any time I wanted , Shannon , ’ he said in a soft voice that sent a shiver down her spine . |
25 | You know , just let's take it one step at a time please . |
26 | This may take her some time to really believe ( probably not until she 's around three ) , but eventually it 'll give her a healthier respect for the pain of others . |
27 | It may take you several weeks to refine the answers . |
28 | After two years , however , Gordon too got the wanderlust urge and planned a horse-back ride from South America to New York that would take him two years . |
29 | It would take him three days to reach Tracy with a small army and cumbersome siege machines slowing him down — what did one hour more or less matter ? |
30 | The chief executive of State of Israel Bonds , Meyir Rosenne , says that he expects the issue to sell out in two weeks , something that would take him ten weeks in normal times . |