Example sentences of "took several [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They took several prisoners , two of whom were killed in a later skirmish . |
| 2 | Alexis I himself took several initiatives , setting up a court theatre and appointing tutors not only for his sons but for his daughter Sophia as well . |
| 3 | He took several gulps before sealing it and pocketing it . |
| 4 | It took several journeys to unload her provisions from the boot . |
| 5 | It took several attempts to get it right , but in the end I felt justifiably proud of my literary effort . |
| 6 | When replacing the case for example , it took several attempts before it was positioned correctly , and the power button worked properly again . |
| 7 | Laura took several sips . |
| 8 | Fraser 's fork took several forms , as I say : or one might prefer to say that there was more than one fork to reckon with . |
| 9 | Their preparations took several forms . |
| 10 | Emerging in the late sixties it took several forms : informal consciousness-raising groups were set up ; women 's campaigns were run in support of abortion , battered women , women in employment , and of oppressed women in different parts of the world ; and women found their own voice in establishing their own magazines and publishing houses . |
| 11 | Farmers took several payments for each load of produce and inflated their yield reports . |
| 12 | During the war military training took several hours of the school curriculum and this did not end with the armistice . |
| 13 | For the H-bomb , carried in long-range bombers which took several hours to fly from base to target , was already outdated by the end of the Fifties . |
| 14 | The loco went down the embankment taking some of the tanks with it , and the wreckage together with trees standing in the field were enveloped in flames which took several hours to extinguish . |
| 15 | The courthouse windows were open but the radiators below them were hot ; it took several hours for any changes in setting to make themselves felt through the massive heating system , and it was impossible to keep up with the irrational temperament of the month . |
| 16 | She closed the door behind her and joined him on the pavement and as she took several breaths of the crisp October air she suddenly felt how good it was to be alive . |
| 17 | It took several minutes to gather them back and put them under starter 's orders . |
| 18 | It took several minutes , and then suddenly another wave pulled the last line free , unwinding from her thigh , to relinquish its grip like some long thin tentacle . |
| 19 | It took several minutes but they finally boarded the train , fought their way down the corridor and collapsed into the relative calm of a first-class carriage . |
| 20 | It took several minutes before they were ready to leave , and even then Mabel hovered in the doorway , saying plaintively , ‘ You wo n't be long , will you ? |
| 21 | This seemed to worry the two men , and they took several minutes to calm Bobbie down and to stop her crying . |
| 22 | It took several minutes for Joseph to recover his composure and only then was he able to see by the light of the fires that the rear of the communal hut was divided up into tiny stall-like compartments for the pholy 's wives and daughters . |
| 23 | This sometimes took several minutes . ’ |
| 24 | Although her descent down the steep incline took several minutes , the queue at the foot remained motionless . |
| 25 | Dr Marc Cartwright , anaesthetist on the cardiac arrest team , said it took several minutes to spot the mistake and insert the tube properly . |
| 26 | It took several moments for him to orientate himself and wipe the sleep from his eyes . |
| 27 | He took several puffs and Galvone was careful to keep quiet . |
| 28 | It took several layers of slightly thinned fold acrylic paint to get the effect I wanted , then , as the final touch , I worked over the parts I have previously painted red , now visible only as a dull tonal value within the fold , using well thinned films of the different pearlescent colours . |
| 29 | Most compiled , and the young actress took several photos — perhaps for her memoirs later |
| 30 | She had an American boyfriend whom she was cultivating like mad and apparently he was so stunned by the first sight of Rosie 's straight grey legs and black feet pointing to twenty past eight that he took several photos of them with his expensive Leica camera , exclaiming joyfully , ‘ Oh boy ! |