Example sentences of "[noun sg] [adv] took [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The LTTE effectively took total control of the north when the Indian Peace Keeping Force ( IPKF ) pulled out in March 1990 . |
| 2 | The officers had their Saracen 's Head but the Lincoln Naafi Club really took some beating . |
| 3 | Now , would n't it be possible to imagine someone who maintained both that motor cars were on our list of things that enhanced the quality of life and that travelling by motor car frequently took more time and demanded a greater outlay of labour than using various other means of transport ? |
| 4 | At the point of entry into the study , the mean sugar scores were comparable in the ursodeoxycholic acid ( 8.4 ( 1.3 ) points ) and diet ( 8.6 ( 1.1 ) ) groups but , largely because three obese individuals in the placebo group consistently took large amounts of refined carbohydrates , the mean score in this group was 13.6 ( 1.9 ) . |
| 5 | Portadown 's Peter Duke also took first place in the Star of Tomorrow FF1600 race . |
| 6 | The Constitution thereby took immediate effect . |
| 7 | His father also took holy orders while Hilbert , practising as a solicitor in Ipswich , took care of himself by marrying a rich woman . |
| 8 | But the 25-year-old tour newcomer also took three putts at the seventeenth , spinning out of the hole from three feet , then went into sand at the last thinning his recovery . |
| 9 | The other mare obligingly took little interest in the proceedings — until the Beirut-Sharjah leg . |
| 10 | Since , on average , the target word actually took 369 milliseconds to say on the recording subjects were listening to , this means that subjects had often pressed the button before they had heard all of the target word . |
| 11 | At first , the Japanese simply took stranded whales for food . |
| 12 | The production of the draft report actually took less time than anticipated and was available by October 1984 — some seven months after the appraisal . |
| 13 | Even though the Prime Minister has not incorporated the provision into the agreement at Maastricht , does he not agree that it is high time that we in this country also took those steps for ourselves ? |
| 14 | My mum never took any board but now I 've got this job I 'll have to start paying her . |