Example sentences of "it [modal v] [vb infin] five [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It may take five minutes of real time to play the match . |
| 2 | It may take five years , he wrote , or it may take ten , or a hundred or a thousand , but sooner or later everything in the mausoleum will be affected and everything in all the other mausoleums in the city , and everything in all the other mausoleums in the country , and everything in all the other mausoleums in the world . |
| 3 | Built into the fabric of this entitlement is the requirement that it should embrace five curriculum characteristics , the first three being that it must be broad , balanced and relevant . |
| 4 | When you have finished — it might take five minutes or five hours — look through your notes and pick out the central themes . |
| 5 | It might take five moves , or 10 , or 15 , to get to the goal , but when that happens , it is not because the player looked ahead that number of moves . |
| 6 | It 'll take five weeks for the shipment to get to Japan . |
| 7 | The names on the Warwickshire team sheet are changing , and Bob Cottam 's statement that it 'll take five years to get it right is looking accurate . |
| 8 | she never said how much the pound was worth , well I I do n't think it would cover five pence piece . |
| 9 | Aunt Sarah was right in saying that it would take five days to reach Liverpool , since the barge could go no faster than the horse which pulled it . |