Example sentences of "did n't take [adv] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I was , frankly , surprised , but did n't take very long to make up my mind that this was not an invitation you could refuse … or that I wanted to refuse . ’ |
| 2 | to him , did n't take very long . |
| 3 | something else that could be quite actually misleading might sleep , be very sleepy , difficult to wake , so if you 've got the baby and you think your baby 's due for a feed and it did n't take very much at the last feed , you ca n't wake it up you should n't think oh well I 'll have to wait for another four hours , beginning to get worried so if the baby 's difficult to wake if it 's difficult to feed not sucking very well if the baby 's cold to touch and then there 's something which is very , very misleading , these babies can have bright red cheeks and bright red hands and feet and if you look at them you think oh they must be warm because they 're red |
| 4 | They did n't take very good care of the library . |
| 5 | She did n't take too much notice of that . |
| 6 | ’ There was even some guy in Minnesota or Detroit or somewhere who killed a load of people and they started to call them the Lost Boy Murders , but I did n't take too much notice of it all . |
| 7 | ‘ He seemed quiet and rather withdrawn that morning , but he very often was so I did n't take too much notice . |
| 8 | Erm I hope it did n't take too long to read our statement . |
| 9 | The result was that the dealers did n't take too many orders for the ‘ old ’ car . |