Example sentences of "take a [adj] [noun pl] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And it takes a full 3lbs of that grain to produce just 1lb of poultry . |
| 2 | Although it takes a few minutes for the body to send out any strong signals of satiety it is probable that chewing and swallowing movements do begin to send messages to the brain . |
| 3 | In theory , it takes a few seconds for the machine to recognize a new card , but in practice it worked so fast that when I inserted the Flash RAM card and typed ‘ dir A ’ , the machine responded instantly with a list of the card 's contents . |
| 4 | Be warned : time is a great leveller and it takes a few seasons in the hard world outside the show marquee for a new rose to find its true level . |
| 5 | Still , it only takes a few bars of Kondrashin ( the work 's first interpreter ) to feel what the music is really driving at — this is part of a two-disc set with the first three symphonies on Le Chant du Monde . |
| 6 | What 's more , it only takes a few weeks for the real rewards to start appearing . |
| 7 | Come back in a fortnight and we 'll check its progress , but you 'll find it takes a few weeks to really heal properly because we use that toe a great deal for balance . ’ |
| 8 | If it 's done a thousand miles , you 'd get nine thousand five hundred and then cos of the mileage they 'd take off a thousand divided by ten , so they 'd take a hundred pounds off that . |
| 9 | So if it 's done ten thousand miles , we 'd take a tenth of ten thousand , we 'd take a thousand pounds off this . |
| 10 | But not all badgers instantly discover a taste for peanuts : it may take a few visits on your behalf before they catch on that these small pellets are good to eat . |
| 11 | And when Mrs Amabel Dallam remembered to pay her for all those wedding chemises she might just take a few shillings to a certain bazaar in Leeds where she 'd heard good dress-lengths were to be had at bargain prices and make herself a new dress for Christmas . |
| 12 | The originator of the tapes has clearly decided to make his tape deck pay for itself ( although I think he could take a few hints on how to eliminate unwanted hum and noise ) and the result can only be described as a rip off . |
| 13 | It will only take a few hours of your time . |
| 14 | Occasionally , when she came over from England with Neil , they 'd go out and take a few pigeons on a Sunday morning , but his heart was n't in it . |
| 15 | Now erm tt what I would like to do is er take a few notes in what we call this questionnaire . |
| 16 | ‘ It might take a few games for Martin to settle into the side but he is a good team man and strong defensively . |
| 17 | He said they were fine , but that it might take a few weeks for the lenses to settle in my eyes . |
| 18 | Large volumes of small files may take a few seconds to be processed by the HC VERIFIER . |
| 19 | At an average £200 or so for installation , meters do n't come cheap , and it will take a few years of saving on bills to meet the initial cost . |
| 20 | I found out how well after a serious filter failure while away , but it did take a few days for the lethargic specimen to return to full health . |
| 21 | BRITISH Airways boss Lord King should take a few trips on Richard Branson 's Virgin Atlantic . |
| 22 | Now Tim has built six … taking a hundred hours over each . |
| 23 | In all first-class cricket he had 2,784 victims ( average 18.16 ) , taking a hundred wickets in no less than fourteen seasons , including three times when he captured more than 200 wickets . |
| 24 | She switched on the bedroom radio , tuning to her new station 's waveband — her competitive curiosity had prompted her to attempt an assessment of the English-language opposition earlier — and discovering a laid-back DJ playing jazz and fusion between taking a few calls from night-owl listeners , their character common around the world — shift-workers , troubled or lonely insomniacs , late-night revellers and cramming students . |
| 25 | Hill and Whitlow taking a few chances in their own half and finally Whitlow 's dispossessed and it comes to Collimore . |
| 26 | ‘ I 'm sorry for making such a fuss , ’ Joan said apologetically , drying her eyes — before taking a few sips of the wine which she did not much like . |
| 27 | However , to illustrate my belief that nothing has really changed , while I was taking a few notes from a caddie in Montpellier in the south of France — he was telling me how ‘ we 'd hit a great pitch in at the last ’ — I happened to notice the sign above the caddie shack . |
| 28 | After a minimum five years ' operating experience it would be time to think about taking a few orders for commercial stations , the first of which should come on stream about 2020 — always provided , of course , that the cost and dwindling resources of uranium made it commercially worthwhile : |
| 29 | So far his progress has been encouraging and he is already taking a few steps with the aid of a frame . |
| 30 | They had left the restaurant and were taking a few steps on the front . |