Example sentences of "take a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ The little'n 'll take a short . ’ |
| 2 | He 'd probably take a belt to the poor boy . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ It is said that in the time of Shang they would take a tortoise shell and cover it with ink , then throw it into a fire . |
| 4 | Just by opting for a more left field occupation you 're putting yourself on the edge a bit It really does take a bit of bottle to do that and find your own way through the maze rather than just go with the flow . |
| 5 | The evidence was of the way in which the rocks of the oceanic crust are magnetized ; it 's not the kind of thing that one comes across every day , so it will take a bit of explaining . |
| 6 | This does take a bit of sussing out , but once mastered it all makes sense . |
| 7 | ‘ We might take a bit of rousing , but when we believe in something we do n't mind saying so . |
| 8 | Dad did n't take a bit of notice but Mary stared at her . |
| 9 | These may take a bit of finding — although an electronic stud detector will help — but once the batten has been secured , the kitchen cupboard ( or whatever ) can be secured to it with normal woodscrews . |
| 10 | And stats do take a bit of time to do and you can write off a couple of hours if you 're going to do it properly and make sure that you 've got your i's dotted and your t's crossed . ’ |
| 11 | Then they might take a bit more care instead of allowing young girls to roam the streets like common prostitutes ! |
| 12 | ‘ That must take a bit of the burden off you , ’ said Mrs Harper , lining up a peppercorn by the clove . |
| 13 | He looked at me as though he was trying to work out which part of me he would take a bit out of . |
| 14 | there is an art of doing this , and it does take a bit of practice . |
| 15 | It may take a bit of imagination for , for some of the , some of you but what do you think ? |
| 16 | ‘ I 'm only saying , why not take a bit more time before you make up your mind ? |
| 17 | Or you could take a bit of a short cut say well we 've already got twelve there thirteen fourteen fifteen sixteen and so on . |
| 18 | Well it did take a bit of organization to get yourself to the end of the walk , erm with your your weekly rubbish or your daily rubbish , to get that put away . |
| 19 | The third one may take a bit more work , but then that 's half the fun . ’ |
| 20 | Securicor have joined the cowboys on the contract guarding and really I mean you must be getting sick of us getting up every time about security guards , but it 's an important problem and you must know that a lot of you must work at places where you 've got guards on the gate and we all should take a bit of interest in going to see these guards , find out that they 're working for two pound or two pound forty an hour , they 're working as many hours a week as they 'll actually work with no overtime rate , no night rate , no benefits worth having and I mean really I wish you 'd go to your companies and try and arrange site allowances , cos that 's the only way we 'll get any improvements , but when we talk about resolving grievances , we just took in Yorkshire region someone to a tribunal for constructive dismissal . |
| 21 | But er it it 'd take a bit of time to er if er I explained it all to you . |
| 22 | ‘ It will take a bit of getting used to , ’ she remarked slowly , ‘ although , ’ she added after a slight pause , ‘ it does make you look — ’ |
| 23 | The idea of combining two energy sources for cooking may take a bit of rethinking on the cook 's part initially . |
| 24 | We 'll take a bit of feedback on how you 're gon na deal with those people . |
| 25 | Yes , but there might be some important differences that we would want to bring up , which we , we perhaps could take a bit further . |
| 26 | You can work on those and you can build them up in two or three or four year 's time job changes this might take a bit more of a a higher priority . |
| 27 | Er , our importance has er , frankly now been recognised by the Prime Minister , who talked about the voluntary organisations not very long ago and referred to us as cement , which holds society together , and I think if that 's right , and hopefully , the government may take a bit more notice of us . |
| 28 | Buying a pair may take a bit of soul searching . |
| 29 | That 'll take a bit of getting used to that ! . |
| 30 | God I were in the market and I thought I 'd better take a bit more wrapping paper and I and I had it I said that 's ten and of course I get on the and I did n't know |