Example sentences of "[vb mod] take more than a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I think it 'd take more than a lot of nomes and some string to fly it , anyway . ’ |
| 2 | And it could take more than a change of luck to lift them off the bottom of the table . |
| 3 | There could be a need to check forensic evidence , for example , or to prevent a suspect absconding , or to travel to a far-away police station where the investigation was being conducted , and any of these could take more than a day . |
| 4 | Today so few theatregoers travel by bus that it would take more than a strike of the red giants to kill anything on stage . |
| 5 | ‘ In places this size , you come away saying it would take more than a day to see them , ’ said Mr Craig . |
| 6 | ‘ It would take more than a ring to get me into your bed , ’ she retorted furiously . |
| 7 | Add the life and colour of cities such as New York , Washington , San Francisco and Vancouver , and this is a land it would take more than a lifetime to truly discover . |
| 8 | ‘ The BNP contends that it will take more than a Race Equality Council to smooth over the cracks of the fragmenting edifice that is the multi-racial society . ’ |
| 9 | ‘ The BNP contends it will take more than a Race Equality Council to smooth over the cracks of the fragmenting edifice that is the multi-racial society . ’ |
| 10 | Ferguson now sports a tuft of facial hair around his lips and chin , permitted him by the Tannadice tablets of stone , but it will take more than a beard to signify maturity . |
| 11 | It will take more than a streak of dogged determination to see it through . |