Example sentences of "[coord] [modal v] take a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In contrast with One 0ver The Eight in which he constantly said his ‘ gloo — oo-oo-m ’ words or would take a word like ‘ now ’ and repeat it excessively , he behaved with total seriousness in this ; a different character entirely . |
| 2 | ‘ Come along , then , and let's take a look at you , ’ said McManus . |
| 3 | The tables were on a fixed budget and should take a fortnight . |
| 4 | In this case Mr Kelly made it clear to Dixons that his client needed a PC which could be upgraded to 4Mb of RAM and could take a dongle plugged into Com1 . |
| 5 | Her ankle needed support and could take a bandage now , he said . |
| 6 | At 8.55 a.m. , school checking-in time , the teacher at the gate would check your fingernails and your ears , and would take a pencil and pull it through your hair — if the pencil got stuck then you would be sent home to tidy up . |
| 7 | After a week , Val came back , tearful and shaky , and declared that she meant at least to earn her living , and would take a course in shorthand-typing . |
| 8 | Amdahl Corp is cutting 9% of its staff worldwide , 600 of them to go in California , and will take a hit of between $15m and $20m against figures to cover it . |
| 9 | Oakhurst , California-based Sierra On-Line Inc has cut its staff by about 10% and will take a $900,000 charge to cover the costs ; it warns that fourth quarter losses will be substantially greater than expected , based on current revenue projections at the Sierra Network combined with the lay-off charges . |
| 10 | Swiss foods manufacturing giant Nestle SA has signed a worldwide agreement with Microsoft Corp to standardise its software on Windows : the contract covers a total of 30,000 users and will take a number of months to implement , but no financial terms were available ; software from WordPerfect Corp , Ashton-Tate Corp 's Multimate and Lotus Development Corp 's Lotus 1-2-3 will be replaced with Word 2.0 for Windows and Excel 4.0 ; Nestle will also use Microsoft Mail 3.0 , Microsoft Project 3.0 , Microsoft PowerPoint 3.0 , and LAN Manager 2.2 will be the network operating system . |
| 11 | Pyramid Technology Corp is cutting some 110 jobs , about 10% of the total , and will take a restructuring charge of between $22m and $24m against figures for its fourth quarter ended September 30 . |
| 12 | If you have time and can take a couple of days over the job , wait until the water has drained away , and fill the hole again . |
| 13 | Discrimination Sexual and racial discrimination can be highly distressing and can take a variety of forms — you may be refused a job , miss out on promotion or suffer harassment by your employer or colleagues . |
| 14 | This permeability of the gut gradually decreases as the baby gets older , and consequently so do the risks of allergy , although this varies and can take a year or longer . |
| 15 | Germination is slow and can take a month in cold soil . |