Example sentences of "[det] [noun pl] took a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | While some customers took a long time to make decisions , other very complicated projects took longer than anticipated to organise . |
| 2 | In looking for significance some critics took a sociological line but perhaps psychology was a better guide . |
| 3 | Loretta 's occasional visits to the Cruise missile base had never involved her in getting arrested , but she was well aware that some police took a dim view of peace protesters . |
| 4 | Over the next three decades , many theologians took a fresh look at the whole subject of human sexuality . |
| 5 | On one occasion , however , a devotee who had a few too many drinks took a mud-covered Cobra to his home with the intention of washing the snake . |
| 6 | Many Romanians took a prurient pleasure in whispering news of the latest outrage , but many of the alleged crimes of the ‘ Crown Prince ’ were invented by the fertile imagination of his parents ' subjects . |