Example sentences of "[adv] [pron] take [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 | This therefore will be my last Sunday with you and so I take this opportunity to thank you again for all your kindnesses to me and for the way you made me welcome when I arrived 5 years ago ( does n't time fly ! ) . |
| 3 | So she took some tea and some bread-and-butter while she thought about it . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | So we take some trends and ignore others . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | He then watched to see how long it took another pair to occupy the two kinds of territory . |
| 8 | Yet when asked how long it takes each week to prepare and construct the next sequence , Dr Postlethwait is accustomed to laugh heartily ( as he did when I asked him ) and reply , " Oh , about fifty hours . " |
| 9 | 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 |
| 10 | ‘ Normally I take 30 copies of this paper , ’ said one . |
| 11 | She if you 've only had to have an you ca n't just say ooh watch your and er every time we 've away you take four times as much as it , it 's possible to wear ! |
| 12 | Not one took any delight or pride in what he had done . |
| 13 | A former Conservative agriculture minister , Michael Jopling ( Westmorland and Lonsdale ) , said : ‘ Can not we take some comfort from the fact that our safety rules and our arrangements are such that such a minute dose leads to widespread concern and a Commons statement ? ’ |
| 14 | Nevertheless it took many centuries for Edinburgh to become unequivocally the royal and national capital . |
| 15 | If natural selection eliminates half the population in each generation , complete specification requires two generations of selection , one to eliminate C and G , and a second to eliminate T. Thus it takes two generations to specify each base . |
| 16 | Thus it takes considerable courage and persistence at times for the carer to press the needs of the dependent , let alone her/his personal needs . |
| 17 | ‘ I 'm withdrawing my plans and will not he taking legal proceedings after all . |
| 18 | Presumably you took those chicken things downstairs for me yesterday ? |
| 19 | Eventually she took some goods her husband had left at her lodgings to the Police Station . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | Usually it takes three days , but in a hurry … . ’ |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | Whenever we take one step forward , we take five steps back , ’ said an ambassador to the Arab League . |
| 24 | Whenever we take one step forward , we take five steps back , ’ said another . |
| 25 | Whenever we take one step forward , we take five steps back , ’ said another . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | Even now she takes such pleasure in the simplest things . ’ |
| 28 | ( Now they take good care to live well out of sight of them ) . |
| 29 | Often they take casual jobs , and William Gaminara has turned his experience as an out-of-work thesp into a sparky new play at the Hampstead Theatre . |
| 30 | Previously it had taken Ford 14 hours to assemble a car ; now it took 93 minutes . |