Example sentences of "[pron] [adv] took [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I , I only took one case on after I was married er and that er that was a maternity case I 'd been to the first baby . |
| 2 | I used to drink really quite strong before , but I decided to give up erm , like , take less sugar , so if you take less sugar , I think I only took two sugars anyway , 'cos my tea was so strong , 'cos 'cos the stronger it is , you need more sugar to sweeten it . |
| 3 | I only took three quarters of an hour to get there . |
| 4 | Ludo and I just took one side each and approached every table with snapshots of Tamsin . |
| 5 | I even took some photographs of myself crying so that I could show them to Marcus later and he could see how upset I had been . |
| 6 | I then took another taxi . |
| 7 | With me being a football fan , Leeds Utd to be more specific , I never took much interest in tennis . |
| 8 | I personally registered my version of Frombat and used it to create the Transend Menu Program , issued with every Shareware disc , and the Transend Catalogue which only took 3 hours to write . |
| 9 | The usual route was through Pamplona , Logroño , Santo Domingo de la Calzada , Burgos , Frómista , León and Astorga ; bridges were constructed where necessary and information given to pilgrims to assist their journey , which generally took 14 days from Roncevaux in the Pyrenees . |
| 10 | The players and officials enjoyed a cold buffet lunch in a marquee which also took two hours but included a number of speeches and a Loyal Toast . |
| 11 | In future the pages of the Review would carry no further discussion of such general social-cultural issues , and Gurrey himself later took such concerns away from academic English studies and into the school sector . |
| 12 | We tried to point out that the ‘ no deals ’ policy was obviously no deterrent to the kidnapping of Britons , but again , nobody really took much notice . |
| 13 | Not bad for a graduate in literature and one who normally took evasive action at the sight of a screwdriver . |
| 14 | It was he who always took extra watches when things were hottest . |
| 15 | Mark Feltham and Tony Murphy , who both took 35 wickets last year , though Feltham 's came at 28 and Murphy 's at 48 , are the back-up seamers , with Andrew Robson and Nick Peters having been released . |
| 16 | She felt the sting of treacherous tears , her enemy in these past few months , lurking , waiting to consume her , and she hastily took another mouthful from the bottle , biting her lips , slightly numb from cold and champagne , to stop the tears spilling down her cheeks and overwhelming her completely . |
| 17 | You never took that form to school . |
| 18 | You never took any notice of her . |
| 19 | So we did suggest and I did believe your party to support erm , a process where we did consult with local people but we also took other factors into consideration . |
| 20 | My complaining was only effective cos we actually took direct action over some advertising for erm swim wear . |
| 21 | We therefore took this data into consideration when calculating the superhelical densities of the different plasmid preparations . |
| 22 | The build-up of ozone-destroying chemicals has slowed more rapidly than expected , even before international agreements to phase them out took full effect . |
| 23 | One commonly heard complaint from relatives is that ‘ I was told she was too disturbed for the council day centre as they could n't stop her from wandering out ’ , yet ‘ The doctor at the day hospital said they only took short-term cases , people who could get better and move on . ’ |
| 24 | Although they only took 20 minutes to arrive , if George could have given a map reference , as well as his address , they could have got there that much sooner . |
| 25 | These meetings took place every year until 1965 , they usually took one day and the French participants used to call them ‘ Cashmere meetings ’ because , after voicing their disinclination to cooperate , they would leave and go to buy Scottish pullovers . |
| 26 | They also took private papers relating to the large South Ronaldsay family Mr and Mrs T had been trying to help , and a library book written by a social worker on sexual abuse . |
| 27 | They then took two weeks ' holiday and , on their return , gave one week 's notice and left when this notice period expired . |
| 28 | They then took 30 minutes to an hour to settle again . |
| 29 | They never took proper time over it . ’ |
| 30 | But they never took any notice ? |