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

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1 In this case , he wakes up in D10+10 rounds , although he takes another 10 rounds to come fully to his senses after being awakened .
2 But one way of looking at it is , Well the job takes forty eight man hours .
3 Erm It takes forty eight man hours .
4 The job takes forty eight man hours , and I want it done in two hours .
5 Now a different problem , erm it still takes forty eight man hours , but this time how many men to do the job in two hours ?
6 This job , whatever it is , it takes forty eight man hours .
7 Oh , it takes forty five minutes to .
8 Teaching children to make reparation is an important lesson in life ; overcorrection takes this one stage further .
9 What about the radar , I understand er it takes three hundred days to produce and a hundred days er is believed to be taken up in travelling from one site to another .
10 So if if one takes all three roads into Knaresborough , it does not have it does not increase traffic .
11 Agriculture takes 11 billion ecu a year of this , coal 13 billion ecu and railways 36 billion ecu , with the balance going to industry .
12 Star Trek , it takes one million dollars to film just erm to make just one episode of Star Trek .
13 It takes five thousand nuts to make a ton of copra , which sells at twenty-four pounds a ton ; and that in turn will only produce about a third of a ton of hair shampoo .
14 A conservative estimate is that , in the absence of natural selection , DNA replicates so accurately that it takes five million replication generations to miscopy I per cent of the characters .
15 It takes twenty eight days for the moon to orbit is the correct term for going round something , to orbit the earth .
16 Okay anyway it takes twenty eight days for the moon to orbit the earth .
17 It starts with a potent aperitif called Mulsum which takes twenty four hours to mature .
18 It takes twenty five minutes .
19 It takes thirty two hours before they can be packed .
20 So basically all they 're saying it takes thirty two hours to do one egg .
21 In summer holidays , er , the grant do n't they take that six weeks
22 For example , many people have four weeks ' holiday a year , but not many people can take that four weeks all in one go , there are usually restrictions that you can only take maybe a maximum of two weeks .
23 Each cycle should take fifty five minutes so we do three sets of role play , well we look at them , look for the cycle to start at quarter past ten first cycle must start at quarter past ten , there four that should be for one o'clock so we commence the third and final role play , come back here and break for lunch and have an hour for lunch final role play at two o'clock .
24 But it would also take 700 000 travellers out of their cars and over a million passengers would switch over from air travel .
25 But the major works will take another four years to complete .
26 But that same caution which has distinguished Sir Geoffrey 's ten-year career at Kingfisher is likely to restrain further expansion in Europe — another key reason for yesterday 's bid — until the opportunities have been exhaustively examined and the markets thoroughly tested , and that could take another four years .
27 We 'll quickly go through erm those , again that 'll take another five minutes or so , and er I 'll be surprised if you do n't find it quite interesting .
28 However negotiations could still take another six months and there are no guarantees .
29 When he told Perkins his landlord of his case , and that it would be a pity to leave Solomon unfinished , Perkins blanched when he heard it would take another two years , gave him his fat hand and told him if the painting did not sell after two years , and Haydon still could not pay , ‘ … why , sir , we 'll consider what is to be done , so do n't fret , but work . ’
30 But I mean it might take another two weeks , it might take another two months .
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