Example sentences of "[verb] [pron] [verb] take a [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | In spite of his attempts to concentrate as much work as possible into his days in London , he still found he had to take a great deal of it back to Shamley Green . |
2 | There were some who could never bring themselves to attempt to take a dispassionate look at the reasons why American policy-makers ( and above all Eisenhower ) should have acted as they did . |
3 | An applicant for a job with a finance company claimed he had taken a lengthy career break which turned out to be a prison term for robbery . |
4 | Some of you er you know it 's taken a long time to get this message over . |
5 | For instance , suppose we want to take a random sample of ten students from a class of 50 . |
6 | I reckon we need to take a sideways step — see things from a different point of view . |
7 | I knew she had taken a fine dose . |
8 | Our shares plummeted because the City felt we had taken a great risk . |
9 | The ministers claim we have to take a different approach from the Poles or Hungarians but they do not say in what way different . |
10 | ‘ I thought we 'd taken a long time to get here . ’ |
11 | Aberdeen arrived back from Turin this afternoon , knowing they 'd taken a major step towards the quarter finals of the Cup Winners Cup . |
12 | No , I , I gather he has taken a long weekend , I do n't know where he 's whisked himself off to , but I 'm afraid I wo n't be here , er next week , I do n't know , quite know who will be , but er , Dominic 's taking er , a well needed rest . |
13 | ‘ Did you have to take a whole summer ? ’ she demanded angrily . |
14 | We shall return to this issue later in this chapter , but before we do we need to take a brief look at the way in which ideas of change have influenced other aspects of education , in particular curriculum development and innovation . |
15 | I am thinking of purchasing a new Ninety Diesel Turbo hard top , is it possible to have it converted to take a full canvas tilt and who would undertake such a conversion ? |
16 | As he spoke he began to take a backward step , and for an instant Gentle 's dizzied brain almost thought it possible the man would retreat into nothingness ; be proved spirit rather than substance . |
17 | … And at times in retrospect you wish you had taken a certain stat , because it turns out that the whole thing has boiled up , completely beyond what you know it to be , but it 's become political and the authority is being attacked and the chiefs ca n't defend it and say , ‘ OK . |