Example sentences of "of [noun sg] do [adv] take " in BNC.

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1 This process of discovery did not take long .
2 Whatever may have occurred earlier , it seems most likely that the sustained recovery of population did not take place until the late fifteenth or the early sixteenth century .
3 This may seem quite straightforward , but it is important , because in some cases this orderly process of crystallization does not take place , and the result is a homogeneous lump of rock .
4 Promotion above the rank of governor did not take the successful aspirant out of his own service into a vaster bureaucracy .
5 The Secretary of State did not take the opportunity to mention that Roger Ellwood was killed by a stolen car driven by terrorists on 1 October this year .
6 This method of analysis does not take into account the factorial design .
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