Example sentences of "only took [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It only took six seconds to load each room but some puzzles require you to operate buttons in several rooms , so you would obviously be running between rooms for a while . |
| 2 | Oxford did all the attacking but Luton did all the scoring … it only took one goal to win it and that came from Ceri Hughes midway through the first half … |
| 3 | I , I only took one case on after I was married er and that er that was a maternity case I 'd been to the first baby . |
| 4 | I used to drink really quite strong before , but I decided to give up erm , like , take less sugar , so if you take less sugar , I think I only took two sugars anyway , 'cos my tea was so strong , 'cos 'cos the stronger it is , you need more sugar to sweeten it . |
| 5 | Rosemary not only took 3rd place with this contribution but was sufficiently enthusiastic about the competition to send in a batch of other entries from the newsletters she has edited without even mentioning it to their writers . |
| 6 | One commonly heard complaint from relatives is that ‘ I was told she was too disturbed for the council day centre as they could n't stop her from wandering out ’ , yet ‘ The doctor at the day hospital said they only took short-term cases , people who could get better and move on . ’ |
| 7 | I personally registered my version of Frombat and used it to create the Transend Menu Program , issued with every Shareware disc , and the Transend Catalogue which only took 3 hours to write . |
| 8 | The fact that the system cost around £300,000 as compared to a traditional suppliers offer of £2.5 million and only took three months to design , install , train and make fully operational reflects well on the technology — even though the paper itself failed . |
| 9 | I only took three quarters of an hour to get there . |
| 10 | Although they only took 20 minutes to arrive , if George could have given a map reference , as well as his address , they could have got there that much sooner . |