Example sentences of "take a couple " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Completing your dog-training course could take a couple of months but it could also take a couple of years because of the waiting period . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ Completing your dog-training course could take a couple of months but it could also take a couple of years because of the waiting period . ’ |
| 3 | It 'll only take a couple of minutes — what I 've got to say . ’ |
| 4 | He would feint and leave two or three opponents sprawling or plodding in his wake before he released the ball , unerringly , to either the flying Joe Hulme , who would not even have to pause in his flight , or the absolutely devastating Cliff ( ’ ’ Boy'' ) Bastin , who would take a couple of strides and whip the ball into the net . |
| 5 | Depending on the complexity of your operations this may only take a couple of man weeks and could be repeated at regular intervals to monitor progress . |
| 6 | Why not take a couple of days off work ? |
| 7 | ‘ It will be interesting to see if the system has been improved in any way , but it will take a couple of months before we really see any indication of that , ’ said one insider . |
| 8 | JP : ‘ I wrote to them and said ‘ I ca n't afford to buy your records , so will you take a couple of ours and swap ? ’ |
| 9 | It will take a couple of months to get used to it , ’ one officer said . |
| 10 | ‘ But it has n't really sunk in yet and I guess it will take a couple of days . |
| 11 | If it 'll make you happy , I 'll take a couple of WAAFs out … officers . ’ |
| 12 | Uk Brother owners please note — the next time you phone Manchester , be thankful that there is someone to answer your problem , even if it may occasionally take a couple of days when all the staff are at a show . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | Let's le let let me , let me take a couple of er votes . |
| 15 | well a number of things have come up so let's just take a couple of votes as er , from hearing from a few people and of which people have n't managed to speak so , first of all , er , er people talked about fear being larger than the incidence of assault , are you afraid to go out in the dark ? , button one for yes and button two for no do you find that your afraid to go out in the dark , and then this hundred and that 's a very , I mean that 's , that 's a very significant figure fifty seven out of this hundred women say yes that their afraid to go out in the dark from time to time , I mean that , that is not as it should be , let me ask you are you ever afraid in your own home ? , button one for yes and button two for no and that two is a very worrying figure , twenty nine of of this hundred say yes their afraid in their home , let me ask you this have you trained in self defence ? , button one for yes and button two for no , I mean its something that comes up from time to time and I do n't know what your view and whether or not its a good idea , well twelve of the hundred here have er , eighty eight say no , of those twelve would you recommend it ? , did it make you feel better ? , yes |
| 16 | ‘ I can guess what you want , but it wo n't take a couple of hours . ’ |
| 17 | I 'll take I 'll take a couple for the moment . |
| 18 | And er your parents or your mother or your father would get up very early that morning to light the copper , so that the water would be hot to start boiling , it would probably take , it could take a couple of hours to sort of re really heat a copper full of hot water . |
| 19 | Learning a simple document formatter may take a couple of days , a full page makeup system may require months of experimentation before the results look professional . |
| 20 | Blanche waited for him to sit down and take a couple of sips . |
| 21 | I thought it would only take a couple of days to clear up , but it was to take quite a lot longer . |
| 22 | Heating the water , well it heated if you 'd the fire on it heated the water and then you 'd take a couple of buckets out into the bath , plug a couple of buckets in . |
| 23 | But it 'll only take a couple of days . ’ |
| 24 | Their current goal is to win an entry into Crufts , but maybe this will take a couple of years . |
| 25 | You know a fairly long stack could take a couple of days . |
| 26 | It may take a couple more hundred years , a thousand , but we will get there . |
| 27 | It may take a couple of minutes , since one arm is temporarily out of order . |
| 28 | It would only take a couple of houses to be knocked down and they could make it into a dual carriage way . |
| 29 | Erm , could I take a couple of points . |
| 30 | Now let's take a couple of examples of those the direct interests of er say in Britain might be er let's take the example of the fishing industry it 's important in Britain for the fishermen of Britain erm to have the right to be able to maintain their livelihoods and that 's an interest , direct interest , of Britain in negotiating with other countries about fishing rights . |