Example sentences of "[pers pn] 's take a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 and she 's took a whole lot of Mandy and Neil !
2 She 's taken a long time to throw off the illness and is still not fully fit , ’ said Sheppard 's Milngavie and Bearsden coach , Alex McNeil .
3 The working party on the theology of marriage is finding its task stimulating but arduous and it will surprise no one that it 's taking a long time .
4 It 's taking a long time to heal . ’
5 ‘ Everything official here seems to be tied up in red tape , so although it 's taking a long time I 'm sure the licence is being processed , ’ she declared defiantly .
6 Alpha Microsystems has written off its Italian and French subsidiaries and will be closing them soon , citing poor margins and continuous losses : as a result it 's taking a non-recurring charge in the second quarter , ended August 30 , and posting net losses of $3m , or 99 cents a share , on sales of $12.9m , up 9% .
7 It 's taken a long time for the guilt to surface . ’
8 In Oxford for the past 18 months , it 's taken a peculiar form when youths perform stunts in high performance cars in front of crowds .
9 He 's taking a late dinner hour , ’ said his Mum .
10 He 's taking a personal interest in this . ’
11 I can not possibly reveal the name of the alleged culprit , because at the time of going to press he 's taken a well-deserved holiday in the ardeche from his climbing wall company
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