Example sentences of "take [pron] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When I wake up , I know summat 's up when I open my eyes and see it 's all bright , but it takes me a minute to remember where I am . |
| 2 | It takes me a while to get there . |
| 3 | It takes me a bit to remember where I am . |
| 4 | Aye they did although it takes me a bit of time to think about it but erm they did have a a er a black book , aye . |
| 5 | If you 're buying them as young plants which are probably a foot fifteen inches high then it takes them a couple of years to get the roots established . |
| 6 | This this this is because the the Department of the Environment lost the paperwork for a year erm because apparently the Home Office are un incapable of reading documents unless they 're in order , and they take them in order and it takes them a year to read them . |
| 7 | ‘ Joyce always slowed it down a bit for Americans — takes them a while to tune in y'know . ’ |
| 8 | So er , it only takes you a second to er copy from an adjacent cell but it could take you a minute or two to get that formula working again if it 's not copyable , erm , it would probably only takes you an extra few seconds er when you 're actually building the formula to make it , copyable in the first place so it 's well worth investing a few extra seconds up front to save you maybe a minute or so later on . |
| 9 | If it normally takes you a quarter of an hour to shave , make it take you half an hour . |
| 10 | And if it takes you a matter of seconds , you really need to address your security . |
| 11 | It takes him a minute to realize what it is . |
| 12 | I mean they had twenty two thousand people round this year , it 's takes him a week to recover , the poor man . |
| 13 | It takes him a moment to regain his composure . |
| 14 | Banners on Parade ( BoP ) takes it a stage further and does it in Windows , adding graphics for visual effect . |
| 15 | She said : ‘ It takes us a year to save up and we try to put away £25 each every month . |
| 16 | The embarrassing thing is that we 're all very right people so the place is a mess , er , and it takes us a quarter of a day before we realise that we 've been burgled , because things are actually slightly neater than when we left the previous day . |
| 17 | Rather it takes us a step away from understanding him . |
| 18 | The clear majority view in my group in Brussels is that though not perfect Maastricht takes us a step in the right direction , setting about building the sense of a community on the market place created by the nineteen eighty seven Single Act . |
| 19 | still gon na take them a couple of hours |
| 20 | From the other side of Portman Square I heard a police siren , which meant that the cavalry was on its way but with the traffic plugged solid it would take them a while . |
| 21 | ‘ Thought I 'd take them a cake , ’ he remarked . |
| 22 | But their sense of curiosity , their enquiring mind must always take them a stage farther … " |
| 23 | ‘ It will take me a couple of days before I can get organised , ’ he said . |
| 24 | ‘ I spotted the old Humber while I was on duty and at first thought it would take me a couple of years to restore — but eventually it took seven ! |
| 25 | That way there would be plenty of decent players for each team and it would only take me a couple of hours per week to sort out . |
| 26 | It 'd take me a while to learn how to drive it , but after I learned that I reckon I could do it . |
| 27 | ‘ It will take me a while to get my travel permit stamped . |
| 28 | Well it does n't take me a minute . |
| 29 | Oh yeah , well this wo n't take me a second |
| 30 | ‘ One day I will learn English but it will take me a year in life . |