Example sentences of "[adv] that [pron] take [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | I should say also that I take some comfort from noticing that the judgments were reserved for five months . |
2 | Now that she took another look at it , it was a rather insignificant sort of nose on which any pair of spectacles might be expected to slip . |
3 | If this book has a significant weakness , it is simply that it takes three chapters to get into its stride . |
4 | Standing up to straighten his back , he would take as many as half a dozen buds , popping them all into his mouth , then down he 'd go , snick , snick , bud in , and on to the next — he went so fast that it took two assistants following behind and tying in to keep up with him ! |
5 | The responsibility had lain so heavily that it took some time to readjust . |