Example sentences of "[pron] take much [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Inheriting the earth , or what 's left of it by the time the non-meek have realized the folly of their ways , is a process which takes much fortitude and patience . |
| 2 | Nobody takes much notice . |
| 3 | But as the same people said that at every quarter day for the past year nobody took much notice . |
| 4 | Nobody took much notice . |
| 5 | Nobody took much notice . |
| 6 | Nobody took much notice . ’ |
| 7 | Nobody took much notice of them or expected them to start up any form of conversation , so Charles was surprised when Eric addressed him by name . |
| 8 | He added tranquilly : ‘ No one takes much notice of them . ’ |
| 9 | No one took much notice of them . |
| 10 | ‘ Well , it seems he dived from the terrace and no one took much notice but he hit his head on the way down . |
| 11 | No one took much notice of me , only one man saying , ‘ Is that you , Jim ? ’ |
| 12 | No one took much notice of him then . |
| 13 | There was only a skeleton staff on duty and no one took much notice of him . |
| 14 | In other circumstances she would have been more than willing to engage in this conversation herself , for it was one she had frequently enjoyed ; she liked Otto , she had always mildly fancied that he liked her , she was amused by the offhand continental gallantries with which he interspersed , absent-mindedly , the rigour of his argument ; but tonight she was tired , her eyes were closing , she had had four hours of party already , had not enjoyed the Hargreaves drama , had not enjoyed her talks with Ivan Warner and Teddy Lazenby , had been polite enough for long enough , and wanted to go home ; so stood at Brian 's elbow , dully , a reproachful wife , slightly annoyed that neither of them took much notice of her , as Otto invoked the name of Max Weber , a name which meant nothing to her at all , a name which excluded her , exhausted her , and provoked her into prodding , yet again , but this time successfully , Brian 's arm , and murmuring of baby-sitter Sharon , who was only sixteen . |
| 15 | We also appealed to the Government to respond to an extraordinary press conference given by the Iranian chargé d'affaires in London on the anniversary of Terry Waite 's imprisonment a few weeks ago , but no-one took much notice of that , either . |
| 16 | Writing an Introduction As we have said , it takes much practice to be able to write essays well . |
| 17 | It takes much cranking of the engine with the starter motor to get going again — although the time it takes to fire up does vary . |
| 18 | It takes much time . |
| 19 | It takes much time and effort to find recorded music that is suitable as movement accompaniment . |
| 20 | This last statement should be noticed — he disliked assemblies and places where speeches were made at length and he did not enjoy being a chairman — but he made this single exception , the Convocation of York ; he always gave a presidential address , about which he took much trouble . |
| 21 | It took much will-power for the man to drag himself away , presently , on one of Dunbar 's best horses , but consoled and heartened by receiving the best kiss , on parting , that had yet come from Mariot Randolph . |
| 22 | It took much restoration , in the remarkably enlightened years in the middle of the last century when conservation took hold in France , to give the cathedral of Lescar its present air of authenticity . |