Example sentences of "[pers pn] take much [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | 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 . |
2 | Writing an Introduction As we have said , it takes much practice to be able to write essays well . |
3 | 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 . |
4 | It takes much time . |
5 | It takes much time and effort to find recorded music that is suitable as movement accompaniment . |
6 | 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 . |
7 | 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 . |
8 | 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 . |