Example sentences of "[pron] take [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | While loading Frankenstein I took some time to read the inlay . |
| 2 | I took more time off than usual after the World Championships , feeling that I needed a break . |
| 3 | For semiconductor ‘ disks ’ or fixed-head disks all that is involved is electronic switching , which takes negligible time . |
| 4 | There have been earlier references to the changing and elastic notion of priorities which takes some time to come to terms with . |
| 5 | Sam followed , only detained by trying to shut the door properly , which took some time . |
| 6 | ‘ As soon as we got him to a doctor — which took some time — it was discovered that Major Maxim must have held the ammonia under our man 's nose while pouring some odourless spirit — quite possibly strong vodka — onto the blindfold in order to produce the stinging sensation . ’ |
| 7 | Research was carried out on the stability of such ferries , which took some time . |
| 8 | Some rays , which took a longer time to travel , left the white hole earlier ( when it was smaller ) while others , which took less time to travel , would have left the white hole later ( when it was bigger ) . |
| 9 | But there are so many things to gladden the heart which take little time and no money . |
| 10 | ON August 25 , 1992 , in a report about the large amount of divorce legal costs , we inadvertently stated , due to a typographical error , that average costs of cases which take some time amounted to £250,000 , when the correct figure should be £25,000 . |
| 11 | Are you taking more time as you go along ? |
| 12 | She then felt reluctant to go downstairs to face the man who had so recently been kissing her bare breasts , so she took extra time to straighten the bed where she had almost been willing to — no , longing to make love with Silas , she amended with a burst of mental honesty . |
| 13 | ’ You took enough time , ’ she panted . |
| 14 | God you take enough time . |
| 15 | Er , and if your Lordship is happy to do that then I can open it now and indicate what the case is about and invite you to take some time . |
| 16 | We took more time over the song-writing and all chipped in together . ’ |
| 17 | In the last two chapters we took some time to reach the chosen texts . |
| 18 | In spite of the garden we took some time to get accustomed to our new way of living . |
| 19 | I said , I 'm afraid erm , you know , that so he , he had to take some time , er , we ha we took some time to find the book of the words which |
| 20 | They take some time to load programs and try the patience of young pupils . |
| 21 | It takes much time . |
| 22 | It takes much time and effort to find recorded music that is suitable as movement accompaniment . |
| 23 | ‘ If you start with a new house and new furniture it is usually about five years before anybody can get asthma in that house : it takes that time for the mite dung deposits to build up . |
| 24 | As the Governor observed , it takes more time to change attitudes , but he thought that progress was being made here too and that the new recruitment would accelerate the process . |
| 25 | Therefore we want to think ahead to future access to the information in the Journals , and the price is that it takes more time now . |
| 26 | Blood heat should be the highest temperature for a smooth glossy result , although it takes more time to melt . |
| 27 | A lot of my work includes routing grooves for 5/8in and 3/4in boards , and it takes some time achieving the right width of groove even with the appropriate cutter . |
| 28 | It takes some time for a breach of contract claim to reach a trial . |
| 29 | Experience of objects is mediated by the senses , and it takes some time before the child appreciates that objects are best understood not as functions of action and sensation , but as entities which have an existence that is independent of the child 's own actions and experiences . |
| 30 | We do not know how this activated state is subsequently maintained throughout the healing process , although the final overrun and pile-up suggest that it takes some time to switch off . |