Example sentences of "took great [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They jogged on through the crowd of frightened people leaving the area , while the wizard took great mouthfuls of cool dawn air . |
| 2 | No , I mean , today okay only one goal against Charlton , tremendous performance by Bolder , the post and the bar , but Oxford United do score goals and they took great chances to score goals erm it 's difficult today is n't it . |
| 3 | When the Labour Cabinet , in August 1931 , failed to agree on an economy programme , Ramsay MacDonald , in his own words , ‘ strove hard and took great risks in being responsible for the delay , to keep the Government in , because no National Government of any kind is the sort of thing that I should support of my own free choice . ' |
| 4 | That should go to the rescue workers who took great risks to bring out survivors , the skill of the medical teams and the love expressed by those who cared for the injured and bereaved . |
| 5 | In spite of the promptings of self-interest these men took great risks and were illuminated by the concept of the romantic hero : failure meant death and entry into the liberal calendar of martyrs . |
| 6 | Pennethorne produced detailed drawings and an estimate , but Hall ‘ took great objections to them ’ as he thought that many rooms and passages were badly lit . |
| 7 | The Milanese took great pains over its reconstruction in order to properly reinstate the great courtyard that formed the heart of Il Filarete 's dream . |
| 8 | Macmillan took great pains to husband his energies . |
| 9 | Callaghan took great pains inside the Cabinet to be seen to let the notion of an alternative strategy have a fair run . |
| 10 | I soon learned to say as little as possible , meanwhile doing my best to cultivate a London or ‘ Cockney ’ accent , which my parents took great pains both to prevent and to correct . |
| 11 | Alix found this daunting , although Caroline took great pains not to daunt , and was on other , non-culinary matters , a perfectly acceptable non-competitive person . |
| 12 | I am sure I took great pains with you , alas , but to very little purpose . |
| 13 | Bill Larnach always took great pains with his lectures and , although he is an accomplished speaker , they never became monologues . |
| 14 | At the time of the American Revolution in 1776 , when Wesley took great pains to publicise the " loyalty " of Methodists , there were only 30,875 members . |
| 15 | ‘ And you took great pains to stress that you 've steered well clear of them , ’ he pointed out . |