Example sentences of "[pers pn] take several " in BNC.
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1 | The beast did n't appear to have seen me and I took several photographs . |
2 | She takes several seconds to sniff up the whole of the line . |
3 | She took several steps nearer , counting as she walked . |
4 | She took several deep breaths , then broke cover and sprinted in a zigzag weave across the open ground . |
5 | She took several long mouthfuls of the drink , then looked around for Faye , wanting to make sure this party was n't too taxing for her patient . |
6 | She took several deep breaths , hoping he would put the sudden bright colour in her cheeks down to the hot coffee she had just swallowed . |
7 | She closed the door behind her and joined him on the pavement and as she took several breaths of the crisp October air she suddenly felt how good it was to be alive . |
8 | She took several gulping swallows before finally lifting her head . |
9 | The usual pattern is that you take several fish one after the other , and then nothing for perhaps an hour , then several more fish in quick succession , and so on , until either you run out of bait or you have caught the whole shoal . |
10 | It very rarely happens that you take several fish in one period and then nothing for the remainder of the time you spend on the water . |
11 | They have a , a uroflow here , before the catheter is placed , and then using the diuresis period , we take several measurements of pressure and flow . |
12 | I let him take several . |
13 | They took a prominent part in the repulse of the Austrian attack in this sector in June 1918 , and countered this attack by raids on Austrian positions , in which they took several hundred prisoners . |
14 | 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 . |
15 | They took several prisoners , two of whom were killed in a later skirmish . |
16 | This seemed to worry the two men , and they took several minutes to calm Bobbie down and to stop her crying . |
17 | ‘ About half an hour later they took several bin bags away . |
18 | Finally , two companies , although they take several online services , expressed doubt about the usefulness of them because of all the difficulties and limitations listed above . |
19 | They take several Elf fortresses and precipitate the most bitter fighting ever seen between the Elves including the infamous Siege of Tor Lehan . |
20 | If left for more than about 20 minutes after a run , it takes several turns of the starter before it fires . |
21 | It takes several months for the dust veil to spread in this way , and then perhaps a year or two for the material to fall out of the stratosphere and for normal warming of the Earth 's surface by the Sun to be restored . |
22 | As it takes several years for the effects of changing the number of trainees to become obvious the failure to implement Achieving a Balance is only now becoming evident . |
23 | And because it takes several months , and often a year or more , before a lender seeks to repossess , the 1991 repossession figures reflect the interest rates charged in 1990 . |
24 | Similarly , it takes several hours before ozone is formed from photochemical actions involving oxides of nitrogen and volatile organic compounds ( hydrocarbons ) . |
25 | Also , a Third World country which depends on an export crop for foreign exchange simply can not change crops in times of recession — it takes several years and many dollars to restructure an industry and to plant new crops . |
26 | Although symptoms can be controlled in most patients it takes several weeks for maximal effect and prolonged relief requires higher radiation dose regimes . |
27 | It was Massine 's ballets which suited him best , especially Mam'zelle Angot , in which he took several parts at different times ; the sardonic humour he showed as the bootmaker in the market scene still lingers in my memory . |
28 | He took several deep breaths and tried to rise , again without success . |
29 | She had an American boyfriend whom she was cultivating like mad and apparently he was so stunned by the first sight of Rosie 's straight grey legs and black feet pointing to twenty past eight that he took several photos of them with his expensive Leica camera , exclaiming joyfully , ‘ Oh boy ! |
30 | He took several deep breaths , preparing his mind and body for the disorientating shocks of passing through the sound-gate and going supersonic . |