Example sentences of "[noun sg] [coord] [pron] took [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The domestic events of the spring of 1937 were not without importance but he took small part in them , and a cursory reading of the Cabinet minutes might suggest that he had already retired in mind . |
| 2 | ‘ I started heart massage but it took three minutes to get any sign of life . |
| 3 | A friend and I took one tablet apiece . |
| 4 | I took the bits home in a lorry and it took 25 years to rebuild . |
| 5 | In the Meer area we , we , we 've built Meer First School into an annexe and we took surplus places out , so we have done something , and he does n't seem to even acknowledge that , which I find concerning . |
| 6 | In any event the civil war was the ultimate sort of turning point which defined that the national government er had a responsibility for ensuring the permanence of the union and it took that responsibility so seriously it was prepared to engage in what was then the bloodiest war in human history . |
| 7 | It became known as the Doomsday Book and it took two years to compile , but it illustrated that England was then a land of extensive royal forests and open fields , with only a few townships in the forest clearings , or at a river crossing . |
| 8 | She flinched at the outraged disbelief in Barney 's expression and it took some courage to say what she had to say . |
| 9 | He had a hammer and banged it against the walls to restore order but nobody took any notice of him . |
| 10 | They drank their coffee and he took both cups and leaned across her to put them on the settle . |
| 11 | I would have been here sooner but one of our carriage horses slung a shoe and it took four hours to find a smith . |
| 12 | Watering of the services turned out to be a job when the Standard 4 drained the Aberystwyth water tank and it took four trips for the local fire brigade to water Hinton Manor . |
| 13 | He often comes in of an evenin' and he took one look at the cow and told me what to do . |