Example sentences of "[prep] [noun] [pers pn] take [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Firstly , fibre-rich foods are more filling and thus satisfying , though of course they take more work to consume as they require more chewing . |
| 2 | Lois Brown was critical of the length of time it took many publishers to make deliveries . |
| 3 | His 69 Test wickets cost 38.72 each , and against England he took 28 wickets at 43 — expensive , but good enough to put him high on the list of all-rounders . |
| 4 | Though his union did not entirely disappear in Hull it took many years to recover . |
| 5 | In future you take preventative measures . |
| 6 | In China it took many years for the railway to broach the capital . |
| 7 | In fact it took some time to make effective progress , in part because of institutional changes ; Lord Portal replaced Lord Reith , and in 1943 a separate Ministry of Town and Country Planning was set up . |
| 8 | In fact he took neither course ; in his own account — in The Prelude — he gives the impression of a drifter , ‘ detached from academic cares ’ , and he tells us that he ‘ did not love … our scholastic studies ’ . |
| 9 | The King of Portugal offered to raise him to the title of Count Torre Bella on condition he took Portuguese nationality . |
| 10 | At home they took such things without comment . |
| 11 | At Milan he took high-speed films while his animals ran along the force plates . |
| 12 | When the Quins arrived at Sudbury at midday they took one look at the pitch and declined to play . |
| 13 | just missing out on a win was local powerboater Steve Kerton … in the French round of the world formula one championships at Chalon he took second place but is still chasing hard for the crown … which he 's never won … |