Example sentences of "[adv] [pron] took [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So I took this Whitley up for 10 , 15 maybe 20 minutes and just made quite sure that all the engines were running perfectly , made a spot check on each engine and tested its flying capabilities — hands off and a few simple things in everyday testing . |
| 2 | So she took some tea and some bread-and-butter while she thought about it . |
| 3 | We have not yet been sufficiently educated to realize that the risk of dying from the greatest killer disease in the Western world could be drastically reduced if only we took preventative measures by eating sensibly and looking after our bodies . |
| 4 | Waiting her turn , trying not to feel overwhelmed by the noise in the bustling concourse , Chesarynth watched how long it took each person ahead of her . |
| 5 | He then watched to see how long it took another pair to occupy the two kinds of territory . |
| 6 | so he took some bread down and then popped up to the gate where they these were sort of quite a way a way , and Gemma said you wait there with Jane and I 'll invite those people to come up , you see and erm , I 've got ta be a bit cool , went to the table to put some bread there course it an awful and she |
| 7 | Not one took any delight or pride in what he had done . |
| 8 | Nevertheless it took many centuries for Edinburgh to become unequivocally the royal and national capital . |
| 9 | Presumably you took those chicken things downstairs for me yesterday ? |
| 10 | Eventually she took some goods her husband had left at her lodgings to the Police Station . |
| 11 | Brian Farrell , defending , said the action ‘ set the rot in ’ and as time went on she took larger sums of money , spending it on alcohol , cigarettes , clothing and bills leaving her with nothing tangible to show . |
| 12 | A week later I took two children and the three of us got there and back for £40.50 , which does seem a comparative snip . |
| 13 | He won a silver medal for 5,000 metres at the World Junior track championships last year and a couple of months later he took fourth place — again at Junior level — in the World cross country championships in Boston . |
| 14 | Previously it had taken Ford 14 hours to assemble a car ; now it took 93 minutes . |
| 15 | Now it took several years for er the new incentive scheme to be introduced throughout the whole of the works and I think during my last discussion you know , I did indicate that the fitters for example , you know , were about the last group to go on . |
| 16 | Er , and eventually they took that tune from a melody from a Haydn 's string quartet . |
| 17 | and I 'd got a bit of an headache , well I took two tablets and it had gone before Steve come in and er I had me tea and I w I went like that and I thought God almighty ! |
| 18 | Eighteen months ago I took early retirement . |
| 19 | If things did not go well he took full responsibility . |
| 20 | Two hundred years ago it took five days for news to get from Paris to Strasbourg . |
| 21 | No doubt it amused him , but although he did n't laugh outright he took this way of telling her she could forget it . |
| 22 | Oh God , have I forgotten how poor old Eddy sat at his desk in Hand and Ball Court on the last day of his life , talking about those past times which were most important to him , and how nobody took any notice ? |
| 23 | Then she took one step more towards me so that a bar of light fell across her face and I could see the angry expression on it . |
| 24 | I wanted you to know how important you are ; how much I care about you — value you ; and … . ’ her voice quivered and stopped , but then she took another breath and finished her declaration steadily enough : ‘ and how much I want you . ’ |
| 25 | Then she took another step forward , ‘ What would you say were your political views ? ’ |
| 26 | So maybe it took one minute more than it should as the crow flies . |
| 27 | Nevertheless AFHQ was not informed that the Croats had been turned back until the morning of 16 May , and even then it took some time for the information to be fully taken in by all branches concerned . |
| 28 | Then he took indecent photographs of some of them . |
| 29 | Then he took two packets of his swimming biscuits and a carton of orange from the back of the fridge , so his Mum would n't notice . |
| 30 | Then he took two detectives to the Queenshill Bridge over the river Severn , Shrewsbury Crown Court was told on the third day of the trial . |