Example sentences of "[pers pn] take [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Why should I take pupils on Work Experience ? |
| 2 | SHOULD I TAKE VITAMINS ? |
| 3 | I was turned down by all the universities on my UCCA application form , because I had received a bad report from my headmaster at Downside School who said I took drugs , which was true , but was also an admission made to him in confidence . |
| 4 | ‘ I took drugs , ’ he said . |
| 5 | I think I took drugs to escape my problems , because I thought I had the world on my shoulders for a number of reasons . |
| 6 | I took sips of my wine and carried on with the supper , and at one point I went across to the bookcase and idly picked up a petal that was lying there . |
| 7 | I wish I had been 'cause I took CSEs at school and I got sort of fairly average grades ( 1 in music ; 2 in English ; 3 in history , general science and woodwork ) . |
| 8 | Flashman said : ‘ Barry and I took calls on Thursday from someone saying he was Martin Edwards , and we genuinely thought it was him . |
| 9 | And I took lashings of photos — ’ He stopped , suddenly frowning . |
| 10 | Kept saying : ‘ Thank God I took copies . ’ |
| 11 | ‘ I suppose I should have given you the choice before I took matters into my own hands . ’ |
| 12 | I took hours to get one stone out . |
| 13 | Twelve to fourteen you did that , and I took papers out for a newsagent called on erm . |
| 14 | I had adored my father and I took ages to get over it . |
| 15 | During the Saturday rush at the exhibition , I took breaks from working my way round the stalls to draw a model in the calm of the Hesketh Hubbard stand . |
| 16 | During the Saturday rush at the exhibition , I took breaks from working my way round the stalls to draw a model in the calm of the Hesketh Hubbard stand . |
| 17 | ‘ I took chocs ’ |
| 18 | We did n't tell anyone , and I took things very quietly , doing exactly what was advised and taking it one day at a time . |
| 19 | The students had not yet arrived , but I took meals in the refectory with a few of the college authorities and professors who had already started the new term 's work . |
| 20 | I 've been thinking today of the time I took Piers and Antoinette to meet him . |
| 21 | ‘ I am afraid I took pains to look out at the other side so as not to see him , ’ she had said . |
| 22 | In the following days and weeks my mother and I took turns to visit him every day ; we realized how much our presence meant to him . |
| 23 | And I , I was issued with that and er I took lessons on it up at head at headquarters and then when I took me proficiency test , I was asked questions on the Browning automatic and other ap things appertaining to the army and I passed me proficiency test . |
| 24 | And also I took shortcuts which I should n't have taken . |
| 25 | I took supplies from the Land Rover , according to our agreement , as if I were actually at the cafe . |
| 26 | I took messages to the Lord Buckingham , pretending I was delivering suits or looking for trade at his London house . ’ |
| 27 | and the Stationmaster 's office faced the platform but there is another door that to get into as soon as you got in the main door to the left , you see and with a flap and that 's the door that we used to take in the parcels , you see and very often we used to go in that door or sometimes we would go through o on to the platform and go in the Stationmaster 's door , you see and then there again , if I took messages to the Stationmaster on the single telegraph er I had to go down the steps because th more often than not that they were in the basement . |
| 28 | I took photographs of the birds on the cliffs . |
| 29 | I have certainly been party to one or two discussions amongst friends , and as part of my work I take groups of young people away on climbing trips , most to very white-dominated areas where the mere appearance of a black face in a pub or at a crag is enough to cause stares and whispers . |
| 30 | I do n't care , I take ages ! |