Example sentences of "might take a " in BNC.
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| 1 | If a picture is worth a thousand words , it might take a thousand words to describe a picture . |
| 2 | He argued that if a jury had the benefit of ‘ this further evidence ’ it ‘ might take a very different view ’ of Mrs Sutcliffe 's attitude to deals with the Press . |
| 3 | ‘ It might take a letter a week to get to Germany , might n't it ? ’ said Mrs Fanshawe , taking her rings off and amusing herself by making them flash in the sunlight right into Nurse Rose 's eyes . |
| 4 | ‘ The streets are n't icy ? ’ he asked , and , reassured that they were not — not in the city centre , anyway — he suggested that they might take a short stroll , just a short one , if that suited Erika . |
| 5 | Michelle loved the new , warm colour of her hair but admitted , ‘ I might take a little more than 10 minutes to achieve this amazing sculptured style ! ’ |
| 6 | Mr John McDonnell , QC , for the company , had urged Mr Justice Hoffman to exercise the court 's power to the full , saying that it might take a year for the case to be heard by the House of Lords . |
| 7 | Mr Robertson said it was ‘ a reasonable prospect ’ to suppose the House of Lords might take a different view of the case , and that should be taken into account . |
| 8 | In Prague the talk is of starting with a break-up of the monopolies , and letting the market rip later — but de-monopolising the economy might take a long time . |
| 9 | Minnows who want to become corporate Moby Dicks might take a leaf out of Compaq 's book . |
| 10 | ‘ Well , I thought we might take a holiday in Canada , ’ Mark said . |
| 11 | It seems that it might take a great deal of commitment and determination to drag yourself out in the pouring rain or snow , until you think about how much you miss your husband when you can not even touch him for nearly two weeks . |
| 12 | If the slim person has eaten a really large meal , he or she will naturally be very full and will perhaps not eat again until hunger really returns ; in addition this type of person might take a little exercise to ‘ work off ’ the food . |
| 13 | We , however , are required to crouch in the heather , and so the attention is drawn through necessity to the things sharing that heather with you , in case any of them might take a fancy to your bottom and jump into your pants . |
| 14 | While a wire or a gate scheme might take a few weeks if spun out to the maximum , tunnels were sometimes under construction for six months . |
| 15 | The general hospital psychiatric team should be able to provide assessment of older adolescents ; one member of the team might take a particular interest in this age group . |
| 16 | The conference was assured that truly ‘ intelligent ’ machines would come , It was conceded that it might take a few hundred years . |
| 17 | Neither the British nor French governments show any sign of bailing the company out although a future Labour government might take a different view . |
| 18 | During this time , the rest of the family might take a holiday — staying in the attic of Uncle Jim 's boarding house at Morecambe Bay , where my mother helped with the cooking and serving , or borrowing Auntie Mary 's caravan for a week at Saltburn . |
| 19 | ‘ We might take a bit of rousing , but when we believe in something we do n't mind saying so . |
| 20 | In other words , three generations might take a family from hard toil through private education to gilt-edged respectability . |
| 21 | You might take a colour portable with you , either an ordinary set or one of the new mini-screen LCD colour televisions . |
| 22 | It has occasionally been suggested — notably by Lord Alexander , when he became chairman of NatWest in 1990 — that the Bank might take a more relaxed view , to help industry . |
| 23 | We might take a walk together . ’ |
| 24 | I had always hoped that the Buddhist Sangha , meaning the Community of Buddhist monks , might take a hand in the raising of morale , the deepening of the Buddhist emphasis on the Noble Eightfold Path , and in getting all sections of the nation to work together for peace and reconstruction . |
| 25 | This might take a year or so for planks an inch or two thick and seven years for large oak ship 's timbers . |
| 26 | ‘ It might take a few games for Martin to settle into the side but he is a good team man and strong defensively . |
| 27 | I might take a gamble for myself . |
| 28 | It has taken me twelve years to be as sure as I am now , and it might take a few more to be absolutely sure . |
| 29 | Once upon a time school teachers who climbed might take a favoured few pupils to the crags in the Lagonda or Alvis . |
| 30 | We were invited to stay with friends living in Northern Burgundy , and to visit a painting school at La Buia , in Umbria , with the idea that I might take a class there in May 1993. there was some discussion , earlier in the year , of another in Venice , and we will break our journey there , for breakfast , next week . |