Example sentences of "take a [adj] [noun] get [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yes erm and er I think in the course of that we will have learned a lot of lessons the er that 's not a facetious comment , it 's true er the the first time you write er a software programme erm and any of you will will have experience of this , it takes a long time to get it right . |
| 2 | ‘ Our stables are just a few miles away at Bognor and it only takes a short time to get him there . |
| 3 | And it takes a crummy gumshoe to get me out of trouble . ’ |
| 4 | oh I do n't know , I do n't know , I think it will be a while getting rid of it yes , but I think he might get his price eventually , but it will take a long while to get it , it 's up to him if he wants a quick sale , you know , thirty five yeah I , thirty five thousand I think , as I say taking everything into consideration , I mean , failing three okay I know I did the thirty three so take thirty five , thirty three and a half , oh he ai n't got much to worry about |
| 5 | It took a fierce effort to get her back on her mental feet . |