Example sentences of "take [pers pn] [num] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 I mean , when I get up in the morning , it takes me four hours before I come to , you 're always so jolly .
2 ‘ It takes me two hours to write a song .
3 Erm If I 've got sixty miles to do , and I do it at erm do it at sixty miles an hour , it takes me one hour .
4 ‘ If it takes me seven centuries , I shall do it . ’
5 And it takes them twelve hours to do this job .
6 ‘ It takes you two days and half of two nights to find out that you do n't know ? ’
7 Cor even if it takes you three days !
8 That if you work in the big city you might only have seven miles between calls but it still takes you three quarters of an hour .
9 BLUE PLANET takes you 350 miles into space to view the breathtaking sight of our world , surrounded by the narrow , fragile band of atmosphere that supports life on earth .
10 But this means to say that he has no rule that takes him one way rather than another in a new case .
11 I can deliver to you next day , but it takes him ten days to get it here , what service does he need ?
12 Make sure he takes it three times a day .
13 It only takes us three quarters of an hour .
14 They estimated that it would take them four months to build the cells , the measuring equipment and constant temperature baths .
15 If Christians can agree 25 December as the supposed date for an alleged birth it should not take them 2,000 years to agree a date for an alleged death .
16 They estimate it will take them 20,000 man-hours to get the aircraft flying and ready for the round-the-world trip .
17 Their route will take them 230 miles across the Nares Straight towards west Greenland .
18 It 'll take me fifty minutes
19 It would take me two weeks to reveal all that I know . ’
20 oh that wo n't take me five minutes to do that , it wo n't
21 It 'll only take me five minutes .
22 should give it me this gon na take me three weeks cracking these almonds
23 ‘ I 'll only take me ten minutes
24 So it would take me twenty hours of I drive at six miles an hour .
25 It 'll only take you five minutes . ’
26 ‘ We will take you five miles . ’
27 Go to your bank manager and explain your problem , he or she will probably be able to advance you the money to pay these people off straight away and you will then pay the bank the £25 a month , except that because you will pay interest , it will probably take you sixteen months to pay it off instead of fourteen .
28 I 'll take you one day .
29 It will take you one game to get used to the types of clues , using hint as often as you like , but then you have another 65,534 games to play before you have exhausted the possibilities .
30 ‘ Yes , ’ my father said , ‘ I shall go and take you two girls if you are fit to be seen , and it wo n't do your mother any harm either . ’
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