Example sentences of "take a few " in BNC.
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| 1 | The lunch hour is like a time warp — give or take a few price increases . |
| 2 | ‘ The only thing I can think of is that there is a convent near where I live , and they take a few elderly people . ’ |
| 3 | They wanted to complete their survey of the island , write up their findings and take a few definitive shots for their photographic record . |
| 4 | Give or take a few years they are contemporaries , and yet historically people place Brian Way very much earlier . |
| 5 | Take a few months off . |
| 6 | ‘ Three hundred and fifty years , give or take a few . ’ |
| 7 | I take a few steps then , remembering my hold-all , push my way back to it like a drowning man . |
| 8 | Take a few deep breaths . |
| 9 | Now take a few deep breaths , have a stretch and make sure that your jaw is relaxed ( no clenched teeth please ) and you are ready to start . |
| 10 | Instead , close your eyes , take a few deep breaths , then breathe out as a sigh and relax into the experience . |
| 11 | When you can do this easily your lungs will be free to fill from top to bottom , so take a few deep , slow but gentle breaths . |
| 12 | You see , with costs like this , even if you take a few days off you 're a million quid in the hole ! ’ |
| 13 | Now take a few practise shots to get used to the camera control , having first set everything to auto . |
| 14 | While advances in information technology have so far done little to change the telephone itself — give or take a few microchips and memories — it 's easy to see that IT has had a dramatic affect on the underlying telecoms infrastructure , and the way we use it . |
| 15 | Take a few facts . |
| 16 | The boss knew I was worked to death , and not wanting to lose me said , ‘ Mick , you take a few days rest . |
| 17 | Finally , there 's Sandra After Dark , a cable show that offers a twist on the chat format by inviting guests to drop by , take a few drinks from the topless waitresses , and talk casually , with the kind of natural interruptions that occur at a party . |
| 18 | Take a few hundred pounds in local currency and your credit cards which can also be used to draw cash . |
| 19 | ‘ Give or take a few sandbanks . |
| 20 | Formerly the collection of the Greater London Council , the 5,000-piece strong holding ( give or take a few balusters ) is now the property of English Heritage , curated by Mr Treve Rosoman who has looked after it since its days with the GLC . |
| 21 | We also know that the specialization took place very early in the evolution of mammals and that the ancestors of the main groups that are alive today all appeared around the same time , give or take a few million years . |
| 22 | It has few if any enemies in the open sea ( although sea-lions take a few near the shore ) . |
| 23 | Since no apprentices were taken after 1910 , and since the age at which girls normally left school and began working was fourteen ( give or take a few months ) , the youngest women in the sample were born in 1896 . |
| 24 | When they reach the borders of their territory , they take a few steps with lowered hindquarters so that long grass passing between their back legs rubs against this gland and acquires a smell that even a human nose can easily detect . |
| 25 | There is no need to spend time punching the whole pile at once — take a few sheets when needed and punch them immediately before use . |
| 26 | With this in mind take a few relaxing deep breaths before you stand to speak and then make sure you are standing comfortably . |
| 27 | In Britain , the gulls certainly take a few , see Harris ( 1965 ) , but Cramp et al. |
| 28 | You take a few green turns , |
| 29 | He may well go into shock and take a few months to accept the inevitability of family life . |
| 30 | ( Many of us take a few days off a year due to PMS , but about one in five women takes a fortnight or more ) . |