Example sentences of "i took [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There I took twenty-two |
| 2 | ‘ I took extra care about everything and , after the last time , we decided to wait until three months before telling everyone . ’ |
| 3 | I took thirty from fifty , that gives twenty , then took two from the six and took away four from the twenty . |
| 4 | I took good care to spruce myself up , particularly my hair . |
| 5 | In Magdalen 's communal life I took little part . |
| 6 | ‘ Immediately , though I took little notice of it when I was in Cheshire , I admit . |
| 7 | No no , this fat old bird was round the back of Bunrannoch House , when I took wee Alex for a walk . |
| 8 | I took strong objection to this , pointing out that I had not volunteered for membership , or invited membership , but had been asked to join by the Secretary of State . |
| 9 | This was a very tense time and to my complete amazement I took 2nd place in the amateur class . |
| 10 | I took that . |
| 11 | I took that as a compliment — a sign that we have become accepted as part of everyday ( country ) life . |
| 12 | Owen made his on a December day in Washington at the Jefferson Memorial , a grim day , when he had discovered that his father was dying : ‘ And I do n't know whether many of you know , but around the ceiling , engraved in the marble , is a statement that was made once … and I guess I took that to heart . ’ |
| 13 | When I took that layabout lecher off the Queenie 's hands , she was only too bloody grateful . |
| 14 | I took that to be a quiet word of warning and an instruction to get on with the game . |
| 15 | Well I 've took that , I took that some years ago but I 've never seen it on show you know ? |
| 16 | And me proficiency c certificate , I took that as well and they had that as well . |
| 17 | all this work , I took that out the door , out of there and built all this and built me garage and You see ? |
| 18 | And I took that straight to the barracks , and they accepted it ! |
| 19 | ‘ I took that as read . |
| 20 | ‘ John , would you mind very much if I took that ? ’ |
| 21 | When I left in here at the when the receivers come in I got a wee job in Centre , up the town , and I had , I could have got a job in a hosiery in but I did n't fancy travelling down there , so I took that wee job up there . |
| 22 | Before I took that stand , I made it plain what I was going to do . |
| 23 | I took that view for many good reasons , partly because I always believed that it would play far too much into the hands of the Government . |
| 24 | I took that as an indication that I could play him every match . |
| 25 | I took that part to mean about trust between him and the board , ie he trusted them to let him have the final say etc etc . |
| 26 | It would er but as I 've already said the bed looked made er totally un-slept in it looked as though it had just been made up from new and un-slept in which is why I took that course of action . |
| 27 | I took that to be answer enough . |
| 28 | So , I had a look at the powers of the police authority and they 're restricted to financial and administrative responsibilities and if I took that argument further , of course the Chief Constable has to take that into account . |
| 29 | And I took that little book up to the union and showed it to the branch secretary and still I never got my bike or any compensation for it . |
| 30 | It does n't need to go out because I took that out . |