Example sentences of "took a [noun sg] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Barton worked a sixteen-hour day , which began with careful , detailed consideration of the trading figures and key ratios for every one of his forty-three major shops and the output of both factories , and continued , usually by helicopter , with a detailed aerial survey of a particular area as the quick way of identifying new sites , interspersed with unheralded descents on the manager of any shop he took a fancy to visit . |
| 2 | The frost continuing more and more severe , the Thames before London was still planted with booths in formal streets , all sorts of trades and shops furnished and full of commodities , even to a printing press , where the people and ladies took a fancy to have their names printed , and the day and year set down when printed on the Thames . |
| 3 | They set off in November 1923 and it took a year to set up the expedition . |
| 4 | It took a year to train a group of people to function as the general managers . |
| 5 | Although ‘ Dove ’ took a year to make , ‘ Manifold ’ was only six months in the making because much of the difficult machining was ‘ two for the price of one . ’ |
| 6 | The latest trip took a year to organise and cost a total of Pounds 260,000 , although the theme parks provided free entry . |
| 7 | Maureen Sanderson , head of the SCS 's external therapy and advisory services , who is helping to treat Sheng , often in her spare time , said : ‘ It took a year to cut through the red tape and get Sheng here but we think it will be worth it . |
| 8 | The Open Look port , however , took a year to complete . |
| 9 | Among the challengers , excellent boxers from the Army who were stationed nearby often took a chance to make an extra pound or two , although if caught , would be for the high jump , as this sort of contest was strictly against regulations . |
| 10 | I leaned back in my chair and took a slug to go with the belt I 'd just had . |
| 11 | I knew it took a while to finish a board : there was not just the shaping , but the painting and the glassing . |
| 12 | ‘ That 's why there were a couple of early hiccups and it took a while to settle in . |
| 13 | Even the much-beloved soaps such as Coronation Street and Brookside took a while to settle down . ’ |
| 14 | They brought me down that day from Edinburgh , bundled me into a transit van with seats but no windows , handcuffed to a big quiet London lad who would n't talk to me at all and did n't even say much to the other two cops in the back of the transit just sat staring ahead and we seemed to drive all night just stopping once at some service station on the Ml , took a while to arrange everything , then they came in with a selection of cans of soft drinks and sandwiches and pasties and pork pies and chocolate and we all sat there munching then they asked me did I need the toilet and I said yes and they opened the door and it was straight over the grass into the gents ' toilets , two cops guarding the door and some men , looked like truckers , standing watching me , waiting for their turn after I 'd had my private visit ; only wanted a pee but I could n't do it even though the big lad was n't actually watching just having him standing there handcuffed to me was enough so they checked the stalls and then took the cuffs off me and I had to leave the door open a crack while I went , then back out and I see the other cop cars Christ a Range Rover and a Senator too I 'm a fucking VIP , then it 's into the van and on with the journey to London where the questioning starts ; they 're concentrating on Sir Rufus 's murder , for now , because they found a card a fucking business card in the woods near the burned cottage ; not mine that would have been too obvious but a card from a guy I know on Jane 's Defence Weekly with some scribbled notes on the back : |
| 15 | It took a while to sink in . ’ |
| 16 | It took a while to realise that it is a virus . |
| 17 | Disorientated , she took a while to realise where she was . |
| 18 | Understandably on an East Lancashire night as cold as a tomb , Scunthorpe took a while to warm up . |
| 19 | We also once had a not so young horse who took a while to understand the requirements of turn on the forehand . |
| 20 | It was out in the wilds somewhere and it took a while to find him . |
| 21 | It obviously took a while to find my feet with the group but when I had done I really started to enjoy myself . |
| 22 | Her sluggish brain took a while to recognise the call of a seagull . |
| 23 | The small , soft sound took a while to register , and when it did she looked up , startled . |
| 24 | It took a while to get the line opened . |
| 25 | The money was good if you worked hard , really hard , but it took a while to get good enough on the machines to do that . |
| 26 | It took a while to get the focus adjusted . |
| 27 | It took a while to get their night vision , then Travis crossed to where their packs lay . |
| 28 | And , and er my tummy took a while to get used to it . |
| 29 | It took a while to identify the first two but we 've finally managed to do that . |
| 30 | It took a while to establish himself back in the team as his form was poor and he was not originally selected for the visit of the Australians in 1972–3 . |