Example sentences of "take [pers pn] [det] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Now the braking , bearing in mind It takes you half a second to react anyway , but hi his actual thinking distance is about thirty feet . |
| 2 | If I 'm in bed , it might take me half a minute to wake up . |
| 3 | They will take you half a mile for a packet of Marlboros — for a carton , they 'll fight each other for the privilege of taking you all the way ( eighteen miles ) out to Sheremtyevo airport . |
| 4 | It only took me half a day to decide that I wanted the job . |
| 5 | This , with other and routine business , took him half a morning , during which Inspector Lane was out of the office on other business and the two young sergeants were in and out all the time ; they seemed to work as a unit . |