Example sentences of "[pers pn] took [adv] [conj] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When she took over as First Lady four years ago , she was hailed as the freshest breath of air to hit Washington in years . |
| 2 | ‘ She took more than 60 pictures in places like Whaston , Dalton , Kirby Hill and Ravensworth , ’ says Sue . |
| 3 | I presume you took more than one gun ? ’ |
| 4 | Every year we took more and more plays to court at Christmas . |
| 5 | It took less than two years for the computer to change from being perceived as a threat and as something only big businesses would use to something one buys for doing income tax . |
| 6 | It took less than ten minutes to register how rich and distinctive Hannah 's land was — possibly the least improved meadows in upland Durham in fact . |
| 7 | It took more than two hours to control the flames at the Publicity Blinds factory on Regent Street in Northampton . |
| 8 | It took more than 40 years for that memorial to be raised , near the place where Raoul Wallenberg 's car was found after his disappearance into Russian hands . |
| 9 | It took more and more gin and wine to shut the words up , pick out the barbs . |