Example sentences of "[pers pn] might take [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | I do n't know how much to take , I might take ten pounds worth or something , I do n't need that much why , I need some money for Saturday as well do n't I ? , should n't need that much though |
2 | If you say , ‘ I keep thinking you might take some LSD and have a bad trip and get scrambled-egg brains and never be the same again and I really love you the way you are , ’ that 's fine because you 've confined yourself to what you know and what you feel . |
3 | One afternoon at the beginning of July , when the pub was closed for a few hours , she suggested they might take little Lil out for an airing . |
4 | To help children to happily acquire useful skills in order that they might take full advantage of nursery provision and formal schooling when that time begins . |
5 | Well no it 's only seventy pee a roll it might take two rolls but at least it 's , sort of , done . |
6 | I thought it might take two years of training . ’ |
7 | When you have finished — it might take five minutes or five hours — look through your notes and pick out the central themes . |
8 | It might take five moves , or 10 , or 15 , to get to the goal , but when that happens , it is not because the player looked ahead that number of moves . |
9 | Eugene Steuerle of the Urban Institute , who also favours increasing the exemption , accepts that it might take many years to reverse the effects of its shrinkage . |
10 | ‘ I thought it might take some while for the outside world to learn of . |
11 | He had been told from the start that recovery would happen , but it might take some years , so he felt their hopes were realistic . |
12 | Even now the magnetism that drew her to him was so strong that if he knocked at her door and said he 'd changed his mind , in spite of everything , it might take more amor proprio than she could muster to refuse him . |
13 | Xerox Corp , figures , page five , says it expects the European economy to remain weak for the rest of the year , but Xerox forecasts ‘ some encouraging signs of recovery ’ in Japan for the remainder of 1993 ; the plan to leave the financial services business remains on track but it might take several years . |
14 | Yeah , oh , well April is Easter , April nineteen , twenty , twenty one , twenty two , and it looks like your father he said he might take some time in n it ? |
15 | He might take three weeks off after a really hard fight , otherwise he 's back in the gym after three days . ’ |
16 | I listened with great fascination to the hon. Member for Hayes and Harlington ( Mr. Dicks ) , thinking that he might take this opportunity to tell the House about his relationship with Professor Bedi , who is now awaiting trial in Brixton prison . |