Example sentences of "[noun pl] [vb mod] take a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Very often the period is much longer and securing the requisite number of ratifications may take a decade more , if , indeed , this is achieved at all . |
| 2 | This means that Greatswords may take a lot of casualties before their turn comes . |
| 3 | Whether they value their police service enough or not and whether it needs more money or not to do a good job or whether the authorities should take a look at how it is being run . |
| 4 | Doctors , patients , and law-enforcing authorities should take a note of this warning and patients should ascertain that the Ayurvedic medicines they are taking do not contain anything other than Ayurvedic medicine . |
| 5 | Candidates must take a total of five mandatory core skills modules , although the personal and interpersonal skills module may be chosen from a choice of two . |
| 6 | Even the heyday of tomb-robbing was over ; his scavenging could n't be called by such a piratical name and the local labourers could not be inspired to sift the soil scrupulously when they could break it with a pickaxe so much faster , and the mounted overseers might take a crack at them with a rifle butt if they dawdled . |
| 7 | Casual passers-by might take a look . |
| 8 | The whole FI family would stay at the Sheraton in Buenos Aires and the Hilton in Sao Paulo while , between races , a majority of the drivers would take a week 's break at Guaruja on the Brazilian coast near Santos , an hour or so away from the smog-filled city of Sao Paulo . |
| 9 | When it comes to optional modules , candidates will take a total of nine module credits from one of four optional groups covering agriculture , horticulture , forestry , and the environment and conservation . |
| 10 | The animals will take a lot of care . |
| 11 | Since the final stretch through Oxfordshire opened nearly three years ago motoring organisations and the police have been campaigning for service areas to be built so that drivers can take a break . |
| 12 | In other words , three generations might take a family from hard toil through private education to gilt-edged respectability . |
| 13 | A series of judges may take a month or two to opine . |
| 14 | Going around the Sections posts could take a fortnight , for many of them were beyond the ‘ 60-mile line ’ . |
| 15 | Perhaps the rail planners could take a leaf out of their Victorian predecessors ' books . |
| 16 | From here visitors can take a boat trip along the coast to Portofino — or visit the Cinque Terre . |
| 17 | Popular places to visit are the historic town of Lancaster with its medieval castle and maritime museum , and , for railway enthusiasts Steamtown at Carnforth , where visitors can take a ride on a steam locomotive . |
| 18 | Perhaps western Governments should take a lead from the United States of America , which terminated its aid programme to Pakistan on the ground that it refuses to desist from non-civilian nuclear development . |
| 19 | With a little wave of his hand he indicated that his officials and guests should take a pace or two backward into the aisle between the adjoining rows of pillars to clear the way between the throne and the open doors , and the next moment the ranks of singers and musicians drawn up around the walls of the courtyard outside burst into a plaintive musical chant . |
| 20 | Confidence would falter , stockmarkets would take a hammering , talk of a meek and mild recession in America would stop . |
| 21 | Most reputable dealers will take a computer to pieces for you . |
| 22 | Therapists will take a patient back to difficult areas of the past , if they believe that the patient 's problems stem from this . |
| 23 | Watsons actually recommended what should happen with both the surpluses and their recommendation was that both businesses should take a contribution holiday for the next three , five and maybe even be ten years in the Post Office , depending how investments go erm an- and there was no discussion erm between or negotiation between anybody . |
| 24 | However customers should take a break from the beach and visit two of Paestum 's most famous sights , the Bascilica and the temple of Neptune , ancient Greek architecture at its finest . |
| 25 | The most he would concede was that positions should be filled by the advice of the lords and the council around the king , and that officers should take an oath in parliament to act justly . |
| 26 | I thought perhaps one of the customers might take a message , but … ’ |
| 27 | And she warned that not all viewers will take a shine to their taste for booze , cocaine and bed-hopping . |
| 28 | These problems will take a while to sort out . |
| 29 | At present , truckers can take a load from one country to another but face obstacles , as do airlines , in picking up a second load to take on to a third country . |
| 30 | To do A-Level Business Studies can take a year quite easily for even the averagely competent student . |