Example sentences of "[adv] [pers pn] take [adj] [noun] [verb] " in BNC.

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1 This therefore will be my last Sunday with you and so I take this opportunity to thank you again for all your kindnesses to me and for the way you made me welcome when I arrived 5 years ago ( does n't time fly ! ) .
2 He then watched to see how long it took another pair to occupy the two kinds of territory .
3 Yet when asked how long it takes each week to prepare and construct the next sequence , Dr Postlethwait is accustomed to laugh heartily ( as he did when I asked him ) and reply , " Oh , about fifty hours . "
4 If natural selection eliminates half the population in each generation , complete specification requires two generations of selection , one to eliminate C and G , and a second to eliminate T. Thus it takes two generations to specify each base .
5 ( Now they take good care to live well out of sight of them ) .
6 stated that it was nice to hear from the USA , and emphasised that there it took four years to qualify as an embalmer and wondered what students would think of that .
7 Well we 're not bathing him again it takes three days to dry him
8 Therefore it took some time to penetrate the Boardrooms of British industry , because many of the early headhunters did not really speak the businessmen 's language .
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