Example sentences of "taken time [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He 'd obviously taken time over building up this little booklet explaining the stuff . |
| 2 | Had n't she already taken time off work which she could ill afford in her sister 's interests ? |
| 3 | LYNNE Humes has taken time off work as a staff nurse at Darlington Memorial Hospital to start a family , and her son Anthony was born in January . |
| 4 | Also , before the 1991 Budget , the tax benefit was simply not a big enough incentive , and it has taken time for companies to respond to the new , more generous tax environment . |
| 5 | IT HAS taken time for people around Europe to grasp the full meaning of what has been done , and continues to be done , in their name by their political leaders . |
| 6 | The change was put down to the fact that , since the act was only brought in in 1986 , it had taken time for its effects to come through . |
| 7 | In the first extract ( I ) , the rich lexis and well-organised structure are indications that the writer has taken time in the construction , and possibly reconstruction after several rewritings , of the final product . |