Example sentences of "[pron] [adv] took [adj] [noun] [verb] " in BNC.

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1 I personally registered my version of Frombat and used it to create the Transend Menu Program , issued with every Shareware disc , and the Transend Catalogue which only took 3 hours to write .
2 Although they only took 20 minutes to arrive , if George could have given a map reference , as well as his address , they could have got there that much sooner .
3 They also took private papers relating to the large South Ronaldsay family Mr and Mrs T had been trying to help , and a library book written by a social worker on sexual abuse .
4 The clear , imperious voice , lately gagged by the folds of an archer 's cloak , was singing gently to itself , and did not fall silent even when he instinctively took one dancing step back from the collision , and then as readily translated the movement into a forward lunge that almost passed Adam 's startled guard .
5 It only took six seconds to load each room but some puzzles require you to operate buttons in several rooms , so you would obviously be running between rooms for a while .
6 Oxford did all the attacking but Luton did all the scoring … it only took one goal to win it and that came from Ceri Hughes midway through the first half …
7 It usually took four policemen to control her .
8 It usually took two men to hold the tyre and if the smith thought the fit was satisfactory — at this time it was half-an-inch larger than the wheel — the boy helping was ordered to throw buckets of cold water over the still very hot steel which would immediately contract and tightly hold the rim .
9 He even took early retirement to attend the Hinkley event .
10 It then took some time to raise the heavy engine and cut the rope from the propeller , but I finally managed it before drifting ashore .
11 It is a clear indication of the quality of Vic Rouse 's goalkeeping ability that he succeeded the great Roy Bailey between the Palace posts , then went on to set up a club record 238 Football League goalkeeping appearances ( since exceeded only by the invincible John Jackson ) , and that it then took another goalkeeper destined for the 1st Division in Bill Glazier to oust him .
12 The " fat " was well-spaced work , with less solid text , and it therefore took less time to set a page .
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