Example sentences of "the [noun sg] take [adv] [adv] [subord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The process takes much longer than the two years of ‘ aftercare ’ written into many restoration contracts . |
| 2 | But the movement to the Right took far longer than this implies ; Wordsworth continued to admire Charles James Fox , the Whig leader , although Fox was in favour of making peace with Napoleon , but after visiting France in 1802 Wordsworth could not stomach the Whigs as a party . |
| 3 | Holding the cow 's tail he leaned on the hairy back and , empty-eyed , blew smoke from the pipe which like most farmers at a cleansing he had prudently lit at the outset And of course , since the going was heavy , it just would happen that the job took much longer than usual . |
| 4 | Spencer denied having been at the scene when the attack took place but the jury took just less than twenty minutes to convict him . |
| 5 | A price is agreed in advance and even if the project takes far longer than initially planned , there will be no extra charge . |