Example sentences of "took [pers pn] [adv] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | It took me only a few weeks to realise that the medical world would never come to grips with polio until it could isolate the virus which caused it . |
| 2 | It took me quite a long time to get over it . |
| 3 | It took me quite a long time . |
| 4 | Chairman , if they are recorded all later , it took me quite a long time to discover them , could we have , abbreviations just written out , it makes it very difficult for me to , I 'm not used , I mean , I 'm |
| 5 | It took me quite a few years to realize that my timing was terrible — the repercussions of being born then were enormous . |
| 6 | And I can remember one of my first patients I had to take blood from , and it took me quite a few goes on that poor lady but she 's still friends with me so she 's forgiven me . |
| 7 | Of course I called her Mum , but it took me quite a little while to accept her as my mother . |
| 8 | They started off , like most other overseas enterprises , on a commercial basis by raising money from investors who stayed in England , and it took them about a dozen years or so to pay the investors off and become entirely free to run their own affairs . |
| 9 | The fellow grinned and took them along a dark , smelly passageway into another chamber where the keeper of Newgate , Fitzosbert , was squatting behind a great oak table like a king enthroned in his palace . |
| 10 | That eventually took them down the wide , steep main street of a small town , then the road narrowed , crossed an old stone bridge , and began to climb , leaving behind the houses , the church with its tall , graceful steeple , and the half-timbered buildings . |
| 11 | I wish I 'd have took them out a long while ago when they were higher . |
| 12 | Josh Gifford wheeled Honey End round , took him back a few paces and put him at the fence a second time . |
| 13 | As Sister and Nurse Robins are swigging coffee with that drag Jones , I took him down the short cut through Eyes and shoved him into 15 . |
| 14 | It took him only a few seconds to find the page he wanted . |
| 15 | Harrison moved out on the starboard wing , had his good look — it took him only a few seconds — returned and took the wheel again . |
| 16 | It took him only a few weeks to realise that not all saddles hurt , but he never stopped being difficult in his mouth and was rarely eager to please . |
| 17 | To give Perdita a break , Luke took her away the following Saturday to see a high goal match at the famous Hurlingham Club which left her speechless with wonder , then on to Buenos Aires to an English production of The Merchant of Venice throughout most of which she slept . |
| 18 | It took her quite a long time to understand what had occurred and what she had done wrong . |
| 19 | I had this other dream once , of me , and there 's this girl I used to like , right , and , and the weird thing was that in , in our group of churches , you used to sort of like , got one guy who 's , more senior , and erm , he had this daughter and my mum sort of fancied me marrying this famous preacher 's daughter , you see , and I took her out a few times , erm |
| 20 | Self-consciously they took the tureens from the kitchens into the dining room , placed them on the trolley , and took it round an empty table . |
| 21 | I took it out the other night ? |
| 22 | You took it out the other night , right ? |