Example sentences of "[pers pn] take [adv] many " in BNC.
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| 1 | I took too many risks putting on the wig and beret and changing my shoes . |
| 2 | I took too many . |
| 3 | As master-in-charge of rugby , David Ray writes : ‘ In hindsight we took too many players . |
| 4 | It takes so many man hours . |
| 5 | ( Compare X , Y and Z in fig i ) — In some the progression is very rapid while in others it takes very many years and may only be triggered by an acute personal crisis such as retirement or when the children leave home ( the " empty nest syndrome " ) . |
| 6 | And he dight himself full gallantly and well , and took with him many knights , both his own and of his kindred and of his friends , and he took also many new arms , and came to Valencia to the King with two hundred of his peers in arms , in festival guise ; and the King went out to meet him , and received him right well , and did him honour ; and at this were all the Counts displeased . |
| 7 | He took as many arrows as he could carry and , holding his bow with an arrow ready notched , set off down the track after the verderers . |
| 8 | She had been married for five years and it took as many years again to finalise the divorce . |
| 9 | And writing it out in a half hour or hour lesson was almost impossible because it took too many sheets of paper . |
| 10 | In fact it is more of a puzzle to work out why it took so many decades to become established ( Hatton 1986 ) . |
| 11 | She directed me to take as many balls as I could carry and put them downstairs . |