Example sentences of "[modal v] take [pers pn] [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | That should take him a long time to . |
| 2 | ‘ Farmer Dawes said it might take them a few days to settle down but they were laying on the second day . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ But it 'll take you the best part of two days to provide the concealment , ’ said Dorrainge , surveying Lugh 's neatly drawn plans and watching the men sawing off branches and raking up leaves from the forest floor . |
| 4 | That 'll be one read , but we 'd have to read it to you and it 'll take us a long time ! |
| 5 | Erm and it 'll take us a little bit of touch actually now the computer evaluated . |
| 6 | You could take her a small gift … ’ |
| 7 | It may take them a little while , but it is important that you contact them to make a housing application and let them know of your needs . |
| 8 | If you want to stay with STG , I 'll be happy to arrange to have your work handled by one of the other partners although it may take him a little time to be able to handle your affairs completely on his own without asking you a lot of questions . ’ |
| 9 | But well you know , it seems , that one such attempt has been ruined and rejected by the council , and it may take us a weary while to find a fair agreement and a council sobered enough and sensible enough to abide by it . |
| 10 | It would take him a long time then would n't it ? |
| 11 | It would take her a long while to learn to become one of them . |
| 12 | Doctors said it would take her the best part of a year to recover . |
| 13 | It is very heated and more than anything else I have done would take me a million miles from the safety of Ramsay Street , ’ she said . |
| 14 | If we were sitting in a room and someone came in talking or making a noise , Dawn would panic and it would take me a few minutes to calm her down . |
| 15 | And she would take ye a wee walk round the cemetery , and I can remember pinchin' rhododendrons comin' out the gate . ’ |
| 16 | If we really fell in love and then never saw one another again , it would take us a long time to get over it and forget . |
| 17 | Even at top levels of Highlight speed it would take us a few bio-days to get there . |
| 18 | ‘ I think it will take them a little while to catch up again . |
| 19 | It will take me a long time to correct & copy , though : when I have done so , of course you shall have it . |
| 20 | ‘ It will take me a long time to define what I mean . |
| 21 | Erm that 's the plan of course it it will take us a long time to find something suitable . |
| 22 | There 's no panacea ; er it will take us a little while to get our programmes in place and to get them producing results . |
| 23 | " Then if you wo n't take him willingly you can take him the other way . |