Example sentences of "this [vb mod] take [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This may take various forms , from simply looking up women 's skirts at every opportunity ( not , in itself , an abnormal occupation ) to spying on sexual intercourse itself , sometimes in intricately planned situations . |
| 2 | If so , this may take some time and finance to organise , and planning permission may have to be obtained from the local authority . |
| 3 | Even if in the long run ostlers and grooms become garage mechanics and assembly-line workers , this may take some time and the social dislocations could be very severe . |
| 4 | This may take some time but patience will be rewarded far more than a loss of temper . |
| 5 | This may take several minutes , but do not be impatient otherwise the sauce will be pale and uninteresting instead of a rich dark brown colour . |
| 6 | This may take several hours during which she will lay small groups of eggs , which the male fertilises and covers with more bubbles . |
| 7 | This may take several weeks , depending on the volume of wine to be blended . |
| 8 | This might take 5 years . |
| 9 | Eventually they could become brittle with age , but this might take some years . |
| 10 | Those people that had found ways of structuring their time , of organising themselves round routines , or having particular sorts of appointments to make _ and this could take many forms , like , for example , just getting up early in the morning to play a sport game , for example , or arranging to meet other people at particular times _ those people that had got some sort of time structure in their lives and some sorts of regular activities to carry out in their lives erm tended to be a lot less severely affected by unemployment than those people that did n't have these sorts of activities , this sort of time structure . |
| 11 | None of this need take much time . |
| 12 | You could still transfer stitches by hand tooling but , except when working small motifs , this would take more time than would be worth the effort . |
| 13 | This would take some courage but something inside her was urging her to be honest . |
| 14 | This would take pedagogic advantage of the learners ' own experience , and would help to ensure that the tasks were independently purposeful — a crucial design feature if the tasks are to induce language processing consistent with natural use . |
| 15 | During those meetings it was emphasised by all participants that a great deal of work would need to be done in the translation of medical textbooks , and that this would take considerable time . |
| 16 | Although the centre is also anxious to attract women , this will take some time . |
| 17 | This will take some time . |
| 18 | This will take social science concerns to the heart of Global Change , and bring Global concerns to the heart of the social sciences . |
| 19 | This can take many forms , but the idea is that part of it is strapped around your backside ; this prevents the hook from riding up and allows you to take all the weight of the rig by sitting . |
| 20 | This can take new users by surprise — they become intoxicated before they realise it . |
| 21 | In some cases , this can take considerable time . |
| 22 | Unfortunately , this can take several seconds and can be embarrassing if your program is time conscious . |
| 23 | Sometimes this can take several lessons . |
| 24 | fears about not bonding with or loving the child immediately — this can take some time , as it does with some birth parents . |
| 25 | This can take any integer value between 0 and 100 . |