Example sentences of "[noun] took up [adv] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But the small errand took up barely any time and she returned to her room with some hours to go before she would know if Ven Gajdusek was going to honour his letter . |
| 2 | Butler took up precisely this issue in her introduction to Women 's Work and Women 's Culture , 1869 . |
| 3 | otherwise the door took up so much room , you see . |
| 4 | Some reports from quite small departments were rather lengthy whilst one report took up only one page . |
| 5 | Lessons took up only two hours a day and the farm work was badly organised . |
| 6 | Since the school took up so much space on the island , the rugby pitches were the size of tennis courts . |
| 7 | Alf Clark of the Modern Sequence Dance Club said that the stage took up too much room in the hall which was created for a much smaller population than the village now has . |