Example sentences of "took this [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | No doubt it amused him , but although he did n't laugh outright he took this way of telling her she could forget it . |
| 2 | He struggled on and , with less than 50 per cent of his sight restored , took this year 's annual meeting of the NCC without betraying his difficulties except when he said when taking questions : ‘ I will ask my deputy to point you out for obvious reasons . ’ |
| 3 | He took this bloke in , he did n't have a job . |
| 4 | Bill Warren , a self-styled orthodox Marxist , took this question by the scruff of the neck in his book Imperialism : Pioneer of Capitalism ( 1980 ) , and argued , to the consternation of a wide variety of antagonists , that the problem with the Third World is not that there is too much capitalist influence , but that there is too little . |
| 5 | Nobody took this fable seriously until in 1961 a Russian film-maker managed to record it actually happening . |
| 6 | They took this idea to Prince Charles ' Youth Business Trust — and came away with a low-interest loan for £4,000 . |
| 7 | They took this idea to BBS , a new production company formed by Bob Rafelson , Bert Schneider and Steve Blauner ( thus BBS — Bob , Bert and Steve ) to produce intelligent low-budget pictures — the thinking man 's Roger Corman movies , someone said . |
| 8 | During the Middle Ages Christian countries took this idea one step further : drinking the blood of a just-beheaded criminal was widely regarded as an effective cure for epilepsy , and mixtures containing powdered human bones and/or flesh were popularly regarded as aphrodisiacs . |
| 9 | Kim 's mother took this idea further by making some of the activities given to Kim those that would involve her helpfully with the baby . |
| 10 | After two or three hours , Harry say a sign indicating that Hamburg was 300 kilometres away , and he took this road as he knew Lubeck might be an alternative if no vessels for Sweden were berthed in the larger port . |
| 11 | Boswell and Johnson took this road to Cruden Bay , in order to fulfil an invitation put in train by a lady they had met at worship in Aberdeen on Sunday morning . |
| 12 | The ‘ society-as-parent ’ school is further illustrated by quoting from respondents interviewed by the author , though fewer of these took this position than were committed to a ‘ defence of kinship ’ view and their views tended to be less strongly and less explicitly-stated . |
| 13 | It was explained to the women 's meeting which took this decision that " times had changed since the inauguration , that the cost of travel made meetings now almost impossible and that with the formation of local branches of the BDDA there was not the same need for the Auxiliary " . |
| 14 | ‘ We do n't know whether it was the NIO or someone within the Maze who took this decision . |
| 15 | Mr Nesbit , who took this decision , said : ‘ When the match ended I was conscious of part of the Sunderland crowd starting to leave the stadium and if the team had come out people attempting to leave might have tried to return and this could have led to conflict on the steep Spion Kop terraces . ’ |
| 16 | Paul took this message about life and the mystery of humanity all over the Mediterranean world . |
| 17 | Anyway , she went to she took this sister 's post in The Yale |
| 18 | In the aftermath of the Maria Colwell tragedy a report by the Central Council for Education and Training in Social Work took this concept as its title and stated that ‘ good enough parenting involves , among other things , a capacity to provide continuity of love and care which is realistic in its expectations of both parent and child and deals with ‘ real ’ conflicts of interests and not those whose origins lie only in the parents ' past' ( CCETSW , 1978 ) . |
| 19 | Around half of the respondents would have clearly felt more comfortable with the question if the proposed time scale had been 5–7 days , and a great majority of those who took this approach including the vast majority of respondents who used the SPG form — suggested that 7 days would not be unreasonable . |
| 20 | Because the questionnaire was conducted in strict confidence some took this opportunity to express their thoughts . |
| 21 | The Club took this opportunity to make several course alterations which were opened for play in August 1922 . |
| 22 | The US PGA took this opportunity to announce some proposed Ryder Cup rule changes . |
| 23 | The respondent took this opportunity to add an entry on the computer which gave a 70% discount on the sale . |
| 24 | The respondent took this opportunity to add an entry on the computer which gave a 70 per cent . |
| 25 | Women took this opportunity to broaden their horizons , and many of the women of the English Civil War distinguished themselves by great acts of heroism . |
| 26 | My companion took this opportunity to hide himself in his papers . |
| 27 | Anyone wishing to join the League in 1934 took this pledge ( later to be revised in 1965 ) : |
| 28 | The Captain took this problem , along with all his others and his irritation , to bed with him . |
| 29 | The Government of New South Wales apparently took this finding into consideration in deciding to abolish the immunity . |
| 30 | I took this threat rather lightly and for good reason , because some fifteen minutes later he was on the telephone to me talking about a completely different matter , as though the previous conversation had never taken place . |