Example sentences of "[pron] take several [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The beast did n't appear to have seen me and I took several photographs . |
| 2 | For the H-bomb , carried in long-range bombers which took several hours to fly from base to target , was already outdated by the end of the Fifties . |
| 3 | The loco went down the embankment taking some of the tanks with it , and the wreckage together with trees standing in the field were enveloped in flames which took several hours to extinguish . |
| 4 | I had to save the purchase price , which took several weeks ’ pocket money and watched almost daily , hoping that no-one else would buy the books before I had enough cash . |
| 5 | Germany 's bishops were in exile when Bismarck , in 1879 , began to consider a restoration of relations with the Papacy , a process which took several years ( see also below , p. 220 ) . |
| 6 | Alexis I himself took several initiatives , setting up a court theatre and appointing tutors not only for his sons but for his daughter Sophia as well . |
| 7 | It seems to be more difficult for human beings to apprehend the gravity of harms which take several years to manifest themselves . |
| 8 | She takes several seconds to sniff up the whole of the line . |
| 9 | Incorporation may itself take several forms : public or private , limited or unlimited , and with or without a share capital . |
| 10 | She closed the door behind her and joined him on the pavement and as she took several breaths of the crisp October air she suddenly felt how good it was to be alive . |
| 11 | She took several steps nearer , counting as she walked . |
| 12 | Also Normal Wheeler , who took several pictures between closure and demolition . |
| 13 | It very rarely happens that you take several fish in one period and then nothing for the remainder of the time you spend on the water . |
| 14 | They have a , a uroflow here , before the catheter is placed , and then using the diuresis period , we take several measurements of pressure and flow . |
| 15 | This seemed to worry the two men , and they took several minutes to calm Bobbie down and to stop her crying . |
| 16 | They took several prisoners , two of whom were killed in a later skirmish . |
| 17 | The Royal Navy had had ample warning that Jones was putting to sea again but , guarding the door of the already raided stable , was patrolling the Cumberland coast , while he made his way round the far side of Ireland and soon reports were reaching London of his activities in Irish waters on the early stages of his voyage , though they took several weeks to arrive . |
| 18 | They take several Elf fortresses and precipitate the most bitter fighting ever seen between the Elves including the infamous Siege of Tor Lehan . |
| 19 | Similarly , it takes several hours before ozone is formed from photochemical actions involving oxides of nitrogen and volatile organic compounds ( hydrocarbons ) . |
| 20 | As it takes several years for the effects of changing the number of trainees to become obvious the failure to implement Achieving a Balance is only now becoming evident . |
| 21 | Also , a Third World country which depends on an export crop for foreign exchange simply can not change crops in times of recession — it takes several years and many dollars to restructure an industry and to plant new crops . |
| 22 | Although symptoms can be controlled in most patients it takes several weeks for maximal effect and prolonged relief requires higher radiation dose regimes . |
| 23 | It takes several months for the dust veil to spread in this way , and then perhaps a year or two for the material to fall out of the stratosphere and for normal warming of the Earth 's surface by the Sun to be restored . |
| 24 | And because it takes several months , and often a year or more , before a lender seeks to repossess , the 1991 repossession figures reflect the interest rates charged in 1990 . |
| 25 | If left for more than about 20 minutes after a run , it takes several turns of the starter before it fires . |
| 26 | He took several gulps before sealing it and pocketing it . |
| 27 | He took several puffs and Galvone was careful to keep quiet . |
| 28 | She had an American boyfriend whom she was cultivating like mad and apparently he was so stunned by the first sight of Rosie 's straight grey legs and black feet pointing to twenty past eight that he took several photos of them with his expensive Leica camera , exclaiming joyfully , ‘ Oh boy ! |
| 29 | It was Massine 's ballets which suited him best , especially Mam'zelle Angot , in which he took several parts at different times ; the sardonic humour he showed as the bootmaker in the market scene still lingers in my memory . |
| 30 | He took several photographs of it and sent them off to London . |