Example sentences of "take [adj] [noun] get [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I put I think it takes nine times to get them across so if two boys go across and one boy comes back one man goes across one boy comes back , two boys goes go across one boy comes back one man goes across one boy comes back and two boys go across . |
| 2 | I know you 've had problems with her before , but I do n't think it 'll take much persuasion to get her to give up . |
| 3 | No but I mean why did it take three hours to get him to surgery ? |
| 4 | The names on the Warwickshire team sheet are changing , and Bob Cottam 's statement that it 'll take five years to get it right is looking accurate . |
| 5 | Fernando would n't like that and she wanted to please him , not anger him , though it took some doing getting his anger up . |
| 6 | It took three hours to get what was left of the body out . |
| 7 | By the time we arrive the house is usually wreaked , the kids are in a terrible state , and the wife 's been beaten up , and the father 's lying there stoned , probably taking half-a-dozen peelers to get him out of the house . |
| 8 | They took five hours to get it out ; and there was a man in the next room who was not so lucky as I was . |
| 9 | It took several attempts to get it right , but in the end I felt justifiably proud of my literary effort . |
| 10 | Er , it 's very difficult , yes you all laughed when I asked a question last year from over there to get a capital P in Pearson because you all laughed it took twenty weeks to get it in The Times , do you remember ? |
| 11 | It took four bouncers to get her off me . ’ |
| 12 | Whenever you 've seen Rob in my office you 've taken good care to get him out of my clutches very smartly , on the flimsiest of pretexts . |
| 13 | Draw the stripes lightly in pencil first and take great care to get them precise . |