Example sentences of "take [adv] a [noun sg] [verb] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It takes quite a while to organise each festival . |
| 2 | They will take approximately a week to reach this stage , so that while any traces remaining in a carpet could give rise to problems , a solid floor can be easily disinfected to kill them before this stage is reached . |
| 3 | On March 9 several people were killed in Durrës when police took over a ship holding 2,000 people . |
| 4 | When he arrived in Aberdeen , Morgan took over an organisation facing fundamental change to tackle the challenge of offshore safety post Piper Alpha and improve the profitability of a business based on maturing assets . |
| 5 | The algorithm is fast , taking under a second to order 1150 clones and 180 probes from the S.pombe YAC library and under 3 seconds to order 667 probes and 2837 clones from the S.pombe cosmid library on SUN SPARCStation II . |
| 6 | The method is fast , taking under a second to fit 1150 clones to 180 probes on a SUN SPARCStation II . |
| 7 | Then she took up a position standing right at the back . |
| 8 | Took nearly a fortnight to realize that |
| 9 | And I 'll tell you something else — ’ she paused , went to the oven , took out a tin holding roast potatoes , flicked them over expertly and put the tin back in the oven before she continued , ‘ She wo n't be long in that school , she 's a way ahead ; and you know what ? ’ |
| 10 | It is usual when taking out a mortgage to arrange adequate insurance cover in the event of death . |
| 11 | If necessary , the Arbroath batsman will try to take a year out of college — if that proves possible — which would also allow him to take up an offer to spend next winter playing for Newtons at Stellenbosch . |
| 12 | And that , you 'll have to take out a mortgage to do that . |
| 13 | If you want the highest possible rate of interest on your savings , take out a Tax Exempt Special Savings Account ( TESSA ) . |