Example sentences of "[pron] take several [noun] of " in BNC.
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1 | She closed the door behind her and joined him on the pavement and as she took several breaths of the crisp October air she suddenly felt how good it was to be alive . |
2 | They have a , a uroflow here , before the catheter is placed , and then using the diuresis period , we take several measurements of pressure and flow . |
3 | If left for more than about 20 minutes after a run , it takes several turns of the starter before it fires . |
4 | She had an American boyfriend whom she was cultivating like mad and apparently he was so stunned by the first sight of Rosie 's straight grey legs and black feet pointing to twenty past eight that he took several photos of them with his expensive Leica camera , exclaiming joyfully , ‘ Oh boy ! |
5 | He took several photographs of it and sent them off to London . |
6 | It took several layers of slightly thinned fold acrylic paint to get the effect I wanted , then , as the final touch , I worked over the parts I have previously painted red , now visible only as a dull tonal value within the fold , using well thinned films of the different pearlescent colours . |
7 | It took several pulls of the cord before it caught . |
8 | Although she was astute enough to understand this on a logical basis , it took several sessions of counselling and therapy to convince Myra 's subconscious mind that she was in no way to blame and that she had behaved naturally and in total innocence . |
9 | I tried smaller hooks and baits ; lighter leads ; finer lines ; a lighter , or no bite indicator ; and opening the bale-arm of the reel and allowing them to take several yards of line before striking . |