Example sentences of "[adv] [adj] that [pron] take " in BNC.
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| 1 | There was no flat black Córdoba hat , but it was the same man and Maggie felt an almost bitter rush of disappointment , so strong that it took her by surprise . |
| 2 | The music they played gradually grew familiar to Alice ; it was music for the violin , the famous Violin Concerto , and it sounded very strange on the flute and guitar , so strange that it took her a moment or two to recognize it . |
| 3 | The transition was so abrupt that it took her by surprise . |
| 4 | Johanna was so popular that it took police a day to talk to all her friends after she was reported missing . |
| 5 | Maggie looked so glad that he took her hand and raised it to his lips , kissing each finger as his eyes held hers . |
| 6 | They held each other tight , so tight that it took their breath away , zipped together into one being . |
| 7 | At Rouen the fuel filters were so good that they took all the dye out of the fuel and became clogged , so we only finished second . |
| 8 | The speed of her car was still so great that it took Chesarynth a while to realize the signs were n't complete . |
| 9 | ‘ We were so good for so long that we took it for granted . |
| 10 | He longed then , suddenly , and with a passion that had been suppressed so long that it took him by surprise , for someone to share all this with . |
| 11 | The thought of it had been impossible for so long that it took some getting used to . |
| 12 | Frequently the results were so error-prone that it took more effort to correct the translation than it actually did to manually translate the text . |
| 13 | ‘ It is only fair that I take the criticism . |
| 14 | Regretfully she decided not to wash her hair ; it was so thick that it took ages to dry and she was sure his patience would n't last that long ; also she had to get to work . |
| 15 | The imaginings were so potent that they took wing and rustled round the room , little winged souls , small bird-faced holy ghosts , emanations : the whole room was suddenly dense with the vibration of their rustling , the old-fashioned white tiles with their rounded edges glinted with their reflections , the linoleum shimmered , the kitchen cupboards shook , the morbid whiteness and greenness of the paintwork quivered , the exposed pipes trembled and knocked . |
| 16 | Research has shown that we are normally not conscious that it takes place , but that we are uncomfortable if it is missing when we would expect it or present on inappropriate occasions — for example in a greeting from a complete stranger . |
| 17 | To fully understand how these work it is vitally important that you take the time to compare the notes in the phrases to those in the accompanying chord progressions . |
| 18 | The trust is also worried that it took six weeks for the emergency stop-order to progress through the Whitehall 's bureaucracy . |
| 19 | ‘ Is n't it also unacceptable that it took the management of British Nuclear Fuels longer than one might expect to make this incident public , especially bearing in mind that Dr Lewis Moonie [ a Labour front-bencher ] and I actually visited this site on Thursday and Friday of last week and were not informed that these excessive discharges had taken place ? ’ |
| 20 | It is vital that we preserve our own independent nuclear deterrent as protection against nuclear blackmail ; it is equally important that we take every possible step — as we are doing — to ensure that the process of rapid political change , and the change of authority that has taken place in what was the Soviet Union , do not lead to a more dangerous situation in regard to the present control and authority over nuclear weapons . |
| 21 | Suggested steps in the planning are as follows , and it will be immediately apparent that they take time : |
| 22 | Like many distance runners in the eighties , Solly experimented with altitude training , and discovered too late that it takes more than thin air to do the trick . |
| 23 | It is therefore important that you take a route which is likely to succeed . |
| 24 | still a human error even though you know how to do it , and we can not guarantee that you 'll do it so it , so it is , the , it is very important that nobody takes anything off the shelf automatically assume |
| 25 | Lewis 's manager Frank Maloney said : ‘ It is very important that we take a top-ranked American to establish credibility over there . |
| 26 | ‘ Given the depressed state of the UK market , it was absolutely essential that we took this painful action to bring down our break-even point and thereby tailor our company to its potential markets . ’ |
| 27 | I think an MP is there to respond to correspondence , and I 'm very surprised that he takes issue with one of our officers because she does n't happen to be the Chief Officer , and I 'm very sad about that . |