Example sentences of "[adj] [noun sg] [conj] it [verb] taken " in BNC.
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| 1 | Q I have layered , shoulder-length permed hair and it has taken me some time to grow it to this length . |
| 2 | Joshua , seven , landed the pike following a five minute fight after it had taken a dead dace to 15 lb line . |
| 3 | Mungo had been so unnerved by the feather and the peculiar note that it had taken him several moments to decide on the next move ; not the next major move in his life , but literally the act of moving an arm or a leg . |
| 4 | Would Mr and Mrs Husayn get a chance to study MY HOLIDAYS by M. and N. Husayn , a hundred-word masterpiece that it had taken three months to squeeze out of them ? |
| 5 | His mind had been prepared for an impossible radiance and it had taken time to absorb a new set of signals . |
| 6 | The discussion has several times strayed into semiological terminology and it has taken the nature of ideology largely for granted ; both signification and ideology in popular music demand detailed study . |
| 7 | Planning authorities have formidable powers over unlawful development once it has taken place . |
| 8 | The Snotling base fights at full effect until it has taken 3 wounds when it is removed . |
| 9 | They also have the occasional darker overtones , and it is astonishing with such colourful , approachable music that it has taken so long for four of the overtures here to receive their first recordings . |
| 10 | I 'm a slow learner and it has taken me a long time to get there . |
| 11 | Rule 5 — 30(1) provides that a firm must not recommend a transaction to a private customer or act as a discretionary manager unless it has taken reasonable steps to enable the private customer to understand the nature of the risks involved . |