Example sentences of "it [modal v] take me " in BNC.
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| 1 | It may take me a little longer but … ’ he smiled , and his confidence made her dislike him more than ever , ‘ I promise you I shall get there in the end . ’ |
| 2 | How ironic that it should take me so long to know how I feel about a man and then in that same moment realise that he really is the bastard I first took him for ! |
| 3 | It should take me twenty-five or thirty days |
| 4 | Shane beamed : ‘ After all this , it might take me a year to get my breath back . ’ |
| 5 | If I 'm in bed , it might take me half a minute to wake up . |
| 6 | ‘ It might take me all summer , but I 'll do it . |
| 7 | it might take me by surprise |
| 8 | If I go twice as fast , it 'll take me one over two , so that 's a half as long . |
| 9 | I 'm not sure how long it 'll take me before I can bear to look myself in the mirror again ! ’ |
| 10 | it 'll take me an half an hour to go , do you want me to go and get it ? |
| 11 | How long do you reckon it 'll take me |
| 12 | Yeah I do n't say we do n't row , I do n't say we do n't argue and get on each other 's nerves , we do , but when he goes back to work now for a couple of days it 'll take me three or four days to settle down into not having him there . |
| 13 | It 'll take me fifty minutes |
| 14 | I know my ga come-uppance cos it 'll take me . |
| 15 | It 'll take me |
| 16 | but then again it 'll take me longer to find that one this morning |
| 17 | It 'd take me a while to learn how to drive it , but after I learned that I reckon I could do it . |
| 18 | At a speed of fifty yards in fifteen minutes it would take me another eight hours to reach the road . |
| 19 | It would take me two weeks to reveal all that I know . ’ |
| 20 | I thought it would take me time to adjust and it has . |
| 21 | I 'd know what I could buy , how long it would take me to save for something … a new dress or whatever . ’ |
| 22 | If we were sitting in a room and someone came in talking or making a noise , Dawn would panic and it would take me a few minutes to calm her down . |
| 23 | It is tempting to delve further into the subject ; but I am afraid that it would take me far outside my main theme , and so , reluctantly , we must leave matters there . |
| 24 | So it would take me twenty hours of I drive at six miles an hour . |
| 25 | ‘ Of course , it would take me some time to put my hands on that amount of money . |
| 26 | Would it hold up for the half-minute or so it would take me to drive across ? |
| 27 | Abruptly she let go of the last protective remnants of self-deception , but , fearing questions she could n't answer without exposing the full extent of her vulnerability , she rushed on , ‘ I felt guilty to begin with , but I did come to terms with it eventually , and anyway , my parents had encouraged me to stay with radio even though it would take me away from them and they knew what was happening to Dad . ’ |
| 28 | ‘ 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 ! |
| 29 | The other factor I checked was where the recording studio was situated and how long it would take me to reach by car . |
| 30 | He said it would take me out of myself a bit . |