Example sentences of "[verb] [not/n't] [verb] [pers pn] be take " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was n't as if they did n't know they were taking a risk — during the fifties and sixties debates raged in the press about highrise housing , with its defenders calling opposition simply prejudice . |
| 2 | ‘ I did n't say I was taking you to a hotel , ’ he replied evenly . |
| 3 | I , I do n't think we 're taking away the Planning and Environment Committee 's delegated powers , we 're merely trying to ensure the policy and resources committee is consulted on proposals for conversion of residential accommodation , for the , oh I will say the moral reasons that Mr outlined , I would n't really disagree with what he said . |
| 4 | I do n't think I am taking this line merely because I have been corrupted by a philosophical training and can not come off the fence . |
| 5 | And they 're coming I do n't think I 'm taking for a couple of months , and then I take them every fortnight . |
| 6 | Do think this is , probably why , wh he went to the front in the First World War , what was it , the Prime Minister shouted out , do n't mind you being killed , but I do n't want you being taken prisoner , he co he could n't , you know , had n't got enough courage to hold out . |
| 7 | I do n't spect she 's took my toothbrush — she probably put it somewhere . |
| 8 | Just because unsubstantiated rumours abound that Terry 's brother Ted occasionally supplies me with specialist literature from the Continent , it does not mean I am taking backhanders or looking favourably towards Terry when including him in the first team . |
| 9 | He does not know he is taking part in a battle . |
| 10 | That does n't mean they 're taking anything in . ’ |