Example sentences of "[modal v] take [pers pn] [num] [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 | ‘ He took over a team in turmoil — and it might take him five years to get it right . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | It 'll take me fifty minutes |
| 5 | I 'll take you one day . |
| 6 | They 'll take you 250 miles further on to Madrid , then you catch a plane back . |
| 7 | 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 |
| 8 | It could take him five seasons to get it right |
| 9 | You know , just let's take it one step at a time please . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 ? |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | It seemed a forlorn hope that any taxi-driver , especially with the limitation of petrol-rationing , should consider a fare which would take him seven miles out of the town on New Year 's Eve , but incredible luck was with us ! |
| 14 | They estimated that it would take them four months to build the cells , the measuring equipment and constant temperature baths . |
| 15 | So it would take her two increments into scale two . |
| 16 | It would take me two weeks to reveal all that I know . ’ |
| 17 | So it would take me twenty hours of I drive at six miles an hour . |
| 18 | ‘ It would take you two days at least . ’ |
| 19 | With our three kids , all under six , settled in their beds we considered the next stage , which would take us 370 miles further to our destination . |
| 20 | They estimate it will take them 20,000 man-hours to get the aircraft flying and ready for the round-the-world trip . |
| 21 | Their route will take them 230 miles across the Nares Straight towards west Greenland . |
| 22 | ‘ It will take him six weeks to recover so we expect him to be out of action for longer than that , ’ the spokesman added . |
| 23 | ‘ It will take him six weeks to recover so we expect him to be out of action for longer than that , ’ the spokesman added . |
| 24 | And he is currently working on a kingfisher which he estimates will take him 12 months to complete . |
| 25 | A self-taught blacksmith has won a prestige commission to create new gates for Hereford Cathedral.The job will take him three months to complete . |
| 26 | It will take you one game to get used to the types of clues , using hint as often as you like , but then you have another 65,534 games to play before you have exhausted the possibilities . |
| 27 | ‘ We will take you five miles . ’ |
| 28 | ‘ That will take us four hours , getting us in at midnight . |
| 29 | Yeah so that 'll take us , and do four role plays , that will take us two hours and twenty minutes , is that alright ? |
| 30 | The distance is just over fifty miles but it can take him three hours to get there . |