Example sentences of "it can [verb] several [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | While this is going on ( and it can last several days ) the pair occasionally break off their courtship ritual and return to their chosen spawning site . |
| 2 | It can take several minutes for the Goblin to pick his target , at which point he folds his wings back and starts to plummet , yelling wildly as the speed of his descent drives his small Goblin brain wild . |
| 3 | It can take several hours to kill an entire whale group which may number several hundred individuals . ’ |
| 4 | It can take several days of fine weather to dry out . |
| 5 | As we have already seen , it can take several years for a product to come on stream , let alone break even in reported accounts ; seven or more years is possible in some industries ( see Tomkins et al. , 1978 ) . |
| 6 | The ponderous patent application process seems to be unsuited to a fast- moving technology as it can take several years from initial application before a patent is finally granted . |
| 7 | There are particular muscles which seem to carry most of the burden , and it can take several sessions to help them become relaxed . |
| 8 | All three deposit their surveys at the ESRC Data Archive at the University of Essex , but the data arrives in a form that can be quite hard to read , and it can take several months for the Archive to be able to supply even small amounts of the raw data in a form usable on most college computers . |
| 9 | Can do , it can take several months before it comes out . |
| 10 | The advantage of the Helblaster is that it can fire several shots at once in a devastating volley . |