Example sentences of "took them [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It took them 289 days of bureaucratic proceedings , and they were forced to pay two bribes ( out of 10 solicited ) . |
| 2 | Outside , in the terrible wind and the rain , it took them fifteen minutes to get the boat ready . |
| 3 | West Indies have won only two of their last 14 matches , and then it took them six games in this season 's World Series Cup to win another . |
| 4 | Took them 26 years to win the title . |
| 5 | So if you took them that day you 'd be going while you were on duty ? |
| 6 | I wished you 'd know , you could have took them Milky Way for |
| 7 | but Portsmouth took , took them two matches , supposed to do it extra time like . |
| 8 | They took another twenty people to hospital and I had the dairy roof down on my back and it took them two hours to dig me out . |
| 9 | It took them two days before they reached human habitation . |
| 10 | As it was , it took them two weeks to get back to Kabrit , to a great welcome from their astonished comrades , who had given them up for lost . |
| 11 | When ARA famine officials went from Kazan' to Simbirsk in the autumn of 1921 , it took them four days to cover 150 miles . |
| 12 | It took them all day to build the bridge — felling two of the tallest pines , stripping them bare , easing them with ropes down the steep slope to the river . |
| 13 | Peace took them all prisoner . |
| 14 | It took them five overs to score their first run and they were only saved from disaster by captain Allan Lamb . |
| 15 | She settled everybody round the fire , took them hot drinks , and then set to work on her sweet-hearted retriever with a comb , during which she got her guests into perspective . |
| 16 | ‘ You probably took them this morning while I was sleeping , or maybe right now , before I got back from the jetty . ’ |
| 17 | It took them three hours to bring it under control . |
| 18 | It took them three days to get there via Dover , Calais , a train to Paris , and finally a coach to Monte Carlo . |
| 19 | It took them three days and they came up with nothing . |
| 20 | It took them three afternoons . |
| 21 | Once they 'd moved in , it took them three years just to make the necessary structural changes , but with a neglected 350-year-old house that was to be expected . |
| 22 | When I first acquired a cube , Conway and Roger Penrose , from Oxford University , had already solved theirs and remarked that it took them some time to realise the power of conjugation . |
| 23 | This group has long been noted for its breadth of vision but nevertheless it took them some time to realise the unique advantages of the photosynthetic ‘ mechanisms ’ in plants and thereby to derive what may be an original approach to the problem . |
| 24 | Scott 's men were slower than Amundsen 's ; it took them twenty-four days to get to 80° South . |
| 25 | Their work was hampered when a large boulder blocking their way was moved , resulting in a further fall of shale which took them several hours to remove . |
| 26 | It took them several years to prepare the area . |
| 27 | Cayard was recalled instantly by the committee but it took them 40 seconds to hoist the French recall signal , by which time they were well up the track . |