Example sentences of "but [pers pn] take some [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She would have no trouble catching him on paper , but she took some photographs just to make sure . |
| 2 | But she took some coffee and began to drink . |
| 3 | That 's right , yeah so I eventually managed it , but it took some negotiating . |
| 4 | But it took some while for the tractors to become available in other markets . |
| 5 | And then again I tell you you could use the enema , and that er but er mostly it would you know you would get right again , but it took some doing , not easy . |
| 6 | I knew what I had to do but it took some courage to switch that light on , I can tell you . |
| 7 | It was marvellous that it was all over , but it took some time to sink in , and in any event had no immediate effect on most of us . |
| 8 | Relatively little could be done for the first year or two ; Pitt had a view of the war that stretched over the whole world , but it took some time to prepare the resources to give effect to this vision . |
| 9 | But it took some time before any clear view emerged as to what these new arrangements should be . |
| 10 | But it took some time for our achievement to sink in . |
| 11 | But it took some time for our achievement to sink in . |