Example sentences of "[noun] [adv] take a [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The ambulance only took a few minutes , but it seemed like hours . |
| 2 | The good coach always takes a few unissued licences along on the day for those who have forgotten theirs . |
| 3 | In Britain , the gulls certainly take a few , see Harris ( 1965 ) , but Cramp et al. |
| 4 | The whole process only takes a few minutes , although to the distraught owners it can seem like hours . |
| 5 | In Lobophytum species , the process is not particularly dramatic ; the polyps withdraw , the body of the animal will deflate , looking as though it has collapsed , and then when it takes in fresh water to stiffen up again , a thin , transparent layer of mucus can be seen detaching itself from the surface of the coral , to be swept away by water currents , the whole process usually taking a few hours . |
| 6 | If you find your throat is dry and you need some water just take a few sips to moisten your mouth . |
| 7 | Next day I was a second rigger on a Vickers Victoria — a large troop carrier known as the " flying pig " because of its girth , The squadron had a general purpose role and just how general call be gauged by my first flight , which was only a couple of days later — to deliver a coffin-like box to RAF Shaibah near Basra , The journey only took a few hours , On arrival the coffin was decanted and refilled with ice and shark meat in exchange for the pork we had brought from the squadron pig firm . |
| 8 | Equilibration in each mixture usually takes a few hours . |