Example sentences of "it [modal v] take [adj] weeks " in BNC.
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| 1 | It should take 23 weeks for all 23 goals to be accomplished . |
| 2 | It 'll take five weeks for the shipment to get to Japan . |
| 3 | And it 'll take six weeks before the plaster can come off this fox . |
| 4 | And it 'll take six weeks before the plaster can come off this fox . |
| 5 | But he did say that er it 'll take three weeks before he can get back to me about sending me to the Law |
| 6 | But he did say that , er , it 'll take three weeks before he could and send along . |
| 7 | It could take fourteen weeks to complete the gruelling journey on foot from London to Rome in the Middle Ages . |
| 8 | A spokesman for Pilkington , the major glass manufacturer , said yesterday that it could take several weeks for new windows to be installed . |
| 9 | THE United Nations dealt a new blow to the starving millions in Somalia last night by saying it could take three weeks to stop bandits raiding food supplies . |
| 10 | No doubt the threat of national paralysis seemed much worse than it was : after all it would take many weeks for the full effects of a national strike to have an impact . |
| 11 | He told us that it would take many weeks to sort out and would involve a variety of procedures , such as a medical , reports from the school and visits . |
| 12 | Whatever the treatment , remember it will take many weeks to take effect . |
| 13 | It will take some weeks now before I can contact my friend and ask him … ask for the information to be repeated . ’ |