Example sentences of "[noun] [noun sg] [adv] takes a " in BNC.
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| 1 | The hectic campaign schedule now takes a three-week breather until a big primary in Pennsylvania , followed in May and June by Ohio , several states in the South , and the West Coast states led by California . |
| 2 | ‘ The station director always takes a nap at this time of the day . ’ |
| 3 | Road maintenance now takes a quarter of the roads ' budget , compared with roughly 10 per cent as recently as the middle 1970s . |
| 4 | On reflection , however , this may not be quite true , since anyone who sets out to plant a wildlife garden instinctively takes a much keener interest in , and is influenced by , natural plant associations and communities . |
| 5 | In Chapter I , we emphasised that the discourse analyst necessarily takes a pragmatic approach to the study of language in use . |