Example sentences of "though [pers pn] took [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Immediately , though I took little notice of it when I was in Cheshire , I admit . |
| 2 | The Royal Navy had had ample warning that Jones was putting to sea again but , guarding the door of the already raided stable , was patrolling the Cumberland coast , while he made his way round the far side of Ireland and soon reports were reaching London of his activities in Irish waters on the early stages of his voyage , though they took several weeks to arrive . |
| 3 | The police poured out to stop them , though it took three nights before the disturbances began to die down . |
| 4 | Her imperial era was over , though it took another decade and two major anti-terrorist campaigns in Borneo and Aden to complete the transition . |
| 5 | It was concerned mainly with England , though it took some evidence from other English-speaking countries ( including Scotland ) . |
| 6 | Fernando would n't like that and she wanted to please him , not anger him , though it took some doing getting his anger up . |
| 7 | Well , I know now , though it took some time before my stupid head would accept what my infinitely more sensible heart had been trying to tell it all along . ’ |
| 8 | Hopper held his own in a hard , heavy-hitting first round in which he took the fight to Parsons , even though he took some punishment . |