Example sentences of "took a [adv] [adj -er] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Drying time : wearable within five hours after drying in a warm room — however the waistband took a little longer to dry . |
| 2 | More to the point , his diaries took a little longer to come out — 122 years after his death . |
| 3 | The garden gradually got all tangled and interesting and took a little longer to patrol since the other cats took advantage and tried to be clever , creeping in when they thought I would n't notice . |
| 4 | I took a rather simpler route than Balboa — the Pan-American highway out of Panama City . |
| 5 | Two-digit inflation was a great boost to buying on credit , and buying a house on credit made the greatest sense of all because inflation ensured that the capital value of your house increased while your repayments took a gradually smaller percentage of your income . |
| 6 | The Commission took a far stricter view of what the Drinking Water Directive meant than what the UK felt it ought to mean . |
| 7 | He took a much greater and more serious risk , one which his relatives to this day gloss over or fudge . |
| 8 | Mrs Thatcher took a much closer interest in a broader range of appointments than any other post-war prime minister . |
| 9 | Nietzsche was not present , but whereas the premiere of Tristan in 1865 had not prompted any discernible reaction in him , on this occasion he took a much livelier interest and during the following months familiarized himself with the work through the score . |