Example sentences of "took [pron] all [prep] " in BNC.

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1 It took me all of 18 months to figure out what was going on , which says a lot about me . ’
2 When Ford offered us a safe harbour , it took me all of 15 seconds to say yes . ’
3 It took them all of the pre-lunch session to get the runs as Walsh and Bishop made life difficult , and Gooch fell just before the end ; but with three balls left before lunch
4 Being , as he said , temporarily flush , he took them all for a plate of spaghetti in a ‘ trat ’ in Mondano .
5 Then he took them all to Mexico .
6 K. R. Whenever they had a raid on the Chinese gambling , they took them all in the cells and they all sent out for Chinese meals , and when they 'd all gone to the Main Bridewell in the middle of the night — ‘ 125 , scrub out ! ’ — and I had to take my tunic off and scrub out after the Chinese had been .
7 No seriously , you get so much shit at work , if you took it all to heart , you know , you 'd just crack up , and the way I deal with stress like , you know , someone 's made my day .
8 took it all to pieces , cleaned it up all inside it 's great , I thought right I 'll take it outside and I 'll try it now
9 He took it all for granted , and would never have a clue just how blessed he was .
10 When I look back , I see how easy and comfortable and pleasant my life was , and I took it all for granted !
11 He was strong and took it all from Huston in a strong way .
12 Peter took it all in his stride .
13 Just like supercool Spender , 34-year-old Jimmy took it all in his stride yesterday .
14 ‘ Remember , he 's just 17 , he was playing before a full house , it was Manchester United — but he took it all in his stride . ’
15 But Shearer took it all in his electric stride .
16 But Shaunagh took it all in her stride .
17 She took it all in good humour , though Stuart seemed as twitchy as a rabbit 's septum .
18 Sam , being an even-tempered chap who did n't have the same need to brag as Harry , took it all in good part .
19 But he took it all in good part .
20 Eva took it all in her stride .
21 Our three would=be Busmen , James Gilchrist , Paul Sturgess [ he of Blue Peter fame ] and Roland Huggett , took it all in their stride , whilst the researcher danced around telling them all just ‘ how wonderful you are ’ .
22 I told her what had happened and she took it all in her stride , and once she 'd stopped laughing about Simon she told me to head for the pub where I 'd dropped Clara .
23 He even entertained them down here , but she took it all in her stride .
24 spirits on , spirit something , well I said where we went I said you 're doing something similar to what we did , we had brandy and it took us all through the cellars
25 Emma took us all on a bumpy buggy ride over to the second stage , until it was confiscated by security .
26 ‘ I remember when in 1987 he took us all to a castle near Como , ’ says Adriano Galliani , Milan 's managing director .
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