Example sentences of "take [adv] [adv] " in BNC.

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1 ‘ Just like old times , ai n't it , before you was took so poorly , ’ said Gloria .
2 I can tell school you been took poorly again . ’
3 Having swept south from Ballinluig to Dunkeld and on eastward towards Meikleour , the Tay takes on yet another gushing river .
4 But , and secondly , what counts as rationality takes on much more subtle hues .
5 There is good reason for this ; at its best , the teaching situation takes on much of the character of the research process , with an open dialogue between the students and teacher , the teacher being the first among equals .
6 But this is also the first time that a young doctor takes on daily clinical responsibility for patients ' care , and in reality the service element provided by preregistration house officers underpins the medical care provided in many of our hospitals .
7 The short story is concentrated with a whole , complete atmosphere , whereas the novel is discursive and takes on more .
8 In other uses however the non-assertiveness takes on considerably more subtle forms .
9 This is also partly the reason why in Adorno 's theory music in a sense takes on too much autonomy , so much as to create a danger of a relapse into idealism .
10 Within a few minutes of installing the application ( which , incidentally , takes rather less than fifteen minutes , even on a reasonably slow machine ) quit sophisticated logos and graphics of that ilk were appearing onscreen courtesy of some simply presented but powerful facilities .
11 The Volvo tour takes in solidly Socialist villages like Senghenydd and Abertridwr , includes a couple of detours for navigational error ( ‘ I 'm new here ’ says Stan ) and ends back at the station with just seconds before the train departs .
12 Invertebrates are generally defined as animals that do not have a backbone or internal skeleton and that simple definition takes in around 97% of the whole of the living species of animals in the world .
13 In the event , the Budget takes only about £500 million out of the economy in 1993-94 , much below the figure City economists had been expecting .
14 The whole process takes so long .
15 Because it takes so long for blood alcohol levels to fall , it 's easy for someone who drinks ‘ modestly ’ at lunch time and after work to go over the limit , even though he may take only four units on each occasion .
16 Mrs Jones felt that the slow progress of the assessment and the limited information she received created new problems instead of resolving existing ones : ‘ It introduces so much trauma — you 're getting all the criticism all the time but you 're not getting any information because it takes so long . ’
17 It takes so long for another type to convince the B t 's that it is z = 0 , that any long run benefit from this is outweighed by the cost , of acquiring such a reputation .
18 A child 's skin heals fast — an aged skin takes much longer .
19 The process takes much longer than the two years of ‘ aftercare ’ written into many restoration contracts .
20 We need to admit that for many older churches it takes much longer to change and also that a more traditional style can be helpful to many in finding Christ personally and following him radically .
21 This takes much longer than one thinks — at least 5 to 10 minutes depending on amount of meat .
22 ( I learned from this experience that rigor mortis takes much longer to set in than I had supposed ; quite some time , in fact . )
23 The dawg also takes much longer to construct , but would be ideal for a dedicated application on perhaps a PC where memory must be kept to a minimum and the structure would rarely need to be re-built .
24 I 'm right off the side of the bike so it takes much longer for me to get back on it and control the slide . ’
25 However , it takes much longer to add records that cause splitting , so the addition versus update-only figures are very important in assessing the efficiency of a B-tree .
26 No comparable breeding experiments appear to have been carried out with N. lapillus , which takes much longer to reach maturity .
27 ‘ Fault location and repair takes much longer with underground cables , and this could result in customers being without supply for longer periods . ’
28 Ian , can I ask you to save the questions and respond at the end , otherwise you 'll find the discussion takes much longer , is that alright ?
29 It might be added as an aside that it probably takes much more cultural energy to teach bellicosity and to produce warriors ( with spears as arms ) , than to teach co-operation and to produce shamans ( with ‘ thoughts ’ as arms ) .
30 Unfortunately , being familiar with an approach takes away much of the need for real judgement .
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