Example sentences of "[pers pn] take [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And I replied , ‘ Anastasiya Pavlovna , you have valued these things wrongly , and I do not want to nor can I take advantage of your ignorance ’ . |
| 2 | Well well can I take issue with the brigadier on one point . |
| 3 | May I take issue with one relatively minor but important point ? |
| 4 | ‘ How can I take Ruth away from them ? ’ |
| 5 | Can I take Contax then ? . |
| 6 | But do I take delight in pushing you down , making you worse ? |
| 7 | ‘ Would I take Prince Edward from you , you ask ? ’ |
| 8 | She said anyway she was away to make a wee cup of tea and did I take sugar ? |
| 9 | Why should I take pupils on Work Experience ? |
| 10 | Can I take paper with me ? |
| 11 | Can I take Linda 's book in to have the total ? |
| 12 | So can I take people who actually have n't spoken already I think that 's the fairest way . |
| 13 | SHOULD I TAKE VITAMINS ? |
| 14 | Was I taking Emma 's photograph ? |
| 15 | ‘ by no means am I taking Jesse lightly , ’ said the undefeated 25-year-old Bowe , who has 33 wins including 28 knock-outs . |
| 16 | I took Abdullahi with me , while Said Munge accompanied Haig-Thomas . |
| 17 | It began to pour and I took shelter in a basement café . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | ‘ I took drugs , ’ he said . |
| 20 | I think I took drugs to escape my problems , because I thought I had the world on my shoulders for a number of reasons . |
| 21 | Mr Jones , 43 , who runs the cafe in Ross-on-Wye , said : ‘ I took exception to the fact that she was selling teas outside our door without informing me first . ’ |
| 22 | As a mother of two teenage juniors , I took exception to your maliciously mischievous article ‘ Tennis on our Terms ’ in the October issue of Tennis World . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | 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 ) . |
| 25 | He suggested I took Doone into the dining-room while he told Mackie about Roydale 's gallop , and Doone followed me docilely , bringing the plank . |
| 26 | I will take you where I took Heather . |
| 27 | I took Joyce there a couple of times . |
| 28 | ‘ I took Maria over to Mrs Lennox in Queen 's . |
| 29 | So , in July 1824 , I took Maria and Elizabeth there . |
| 30 | So I took Maria home across the cold , windy moors to Haworth . |