Example sentences of "[noun] has taken time " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the first extract ( I ) , the rich lexis and well-organised structure are indications that the writer has taken time in the construction , and possibly reconstruction after several rewritings , of the final product . |
| 2 | Royle added : ‘ Olney has taken time to settle in but he is full of running and he is now doing okay . |
| 3 | Success has n't solved all their problems — Cindy Wilson has taken time off to be temporarily replaced by David Lynch 's protegee Julee Cruise — but it has put the bounce back into the bouffant bop from which their name is derived ( a B-52 being a hairdo ) . |
| 4 | KEITH Richards has taken time off from the Rolling Stones to perform with his own band , the X-Pensive Winos . |
| 5 | Amis has taken time to rehearse the arguments about politics hijacking literature , and in the end the novel may even surprise some readers with its air of amused tolerince : ‘ Even bad poetry had to exist , if only to heighten good poetry by contrast , to make the good poets shine out as even bette . ’ |
| 6 | Management as local activity has taken time to distance itself from the field of administration which belonged , as recently as the 1980s , to varying tiers of government rather than to institutions . |
| 7 | One of TV 's most famous newsreaders has taken time off from her job in front of the cameras to do some stage work . |
| 8 | LYNNE Humes has taken time off work as a staff nurse at Darlington Memorial Hospital to start a family , and her son Anthony was born in January . |