Example sentences of "it be take [adv] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ God , ca n't a man say anything in his own house without it being taken up wrong ? ’ and the quarrel circled about the two positions until he reached and took her in his arms . |
| 2 | Cleansing , if you like , is the next stage , it 's taking away all trace of the sin , it 's taking away the mark , the residue of the sin , it cleanses us from all sin . |
| 3 | It 's just we got the board and it 's taking up all the room in the playroom and yet you 're not playing with it . |
| 4 | It 's taking awful long Doctor , . |
| 5 | It 's taken nearly three years to complete de-fuelling . |
| 6 | It 's taken just two years to complete the £60 million project . |
| 7 | It is the main reason why it is taking so long to get round this course . |
| 8 | Later , it was to take on consultative functions ; in practice , most observers expected it to act as a clearing house for mutual trade between its members , which was expected to remain important for some years , and to co-ordinate east European policy toward the European Communities ( EC ) . |
| 9 | And it was to take only one Scottish burning to achieve what some 275 burnings did in England : not only fear , but a Protestant backlash , ‘ a new fervency amongst the whole people ; yea , even in the town of St Andrews began the people plainly to damn such unjust cruelty ’ . |
| 10 | In time , it was to take only three minutes from " alarm " to " all ill " — an impressive performance , especially with numbers exceeding 400 with the arrival of " refugees " from William Hulme 's Grammar School and the Manchester Grammar School . |
| 11 | The castle was believed to be impregnable but after seven days it was taken on 6 July and restored to Constantine de Born . |
| 12 | It was taken down 200 years later in order to widen Cheapside . |