Example sentences of "[pers pn] took [adv] [adv] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Not much strength was expended in the acquisition of the first game , which she took in only 12 minutes , before Jackman had found her bearings . |
| 2 | Before that could be arranged she took very poorly one day and an ambulance had to be sent for — luckily one of the nearby farms had a telephone . |
| 3 | We took on here last March . |
| 4 | Aged 76 , he took ill earlier this month . |
| 5 | He took up too much space , like a baby cuckoo in someone else 's nest . |
| 6 | The train drew in to Penn Station with the arguments still raging round Uncle Mick 's grizzled head , but that head was still unbowed and at one time Denis was sure he saw a wink in the wicked old eye as he took on about three arguments at once and lost all of them . |
| 7 | For the latter the risk was high and he took even more stringent steps to protect himself against default . |
| 8 | Using hot water from a kettle , it took just over five minutes to heat up to operating temperature . |
| 9 | It took just over ten minutes because the traffic was bad and they had to get clear of the airport . |
| 10 | It took just over forty-five minutes to unload the crates ( sixteen in all ) from The Sandhopper to The Abbott . |
| 11 | " It took up too much space Malcolm said and nothing would grow near it . " |
| 12 | The charity organisation assessed the hospital 's needs on its last visit to Romania when it took out over 30 tons of relief aid on three articulated lorries . |
| 13 | It took only slightly less time for her to remember there were no pillows in the sleeping-bag . |