Example sentences of "took up the whole of " in BNC.
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| 1 | Zambia sucked the Munchis to softness before swallowing them , a procedure that took up the whole of the half-hour programme . |
| 2 | They took up the whole of the street and nothing could move until this sea of humanity had passed by . ’ |
| 3 | His days in London were crowded with what were essentially business appointments — the regular book committee meeting at Faber and Faber on Wednesday itself took up the whole of the lunchtime and afternoon . |
| 4 | DeVore turned briefly to smile at Berdichev before returning his attention to the scene on the other side of the one-way mirror that took up the whole of one wall of the study . |
| 5 | A cocktail bar , with two or three bar stools in front of it , took up the whole of one corner . |
| 6 | Whatever Jenny was involved in at any given moment took up the whole of her . |