Example sentences of "[noun] i take [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 While I was in Germany I took a special interest in the treatment of creative men and women who had lost direction and in some way broken down .
2 Within a few months I took a small office space oh dear I ca n't remember .
3 Even before the crash I took a great deal of exercise — you have to work at staying in shape .
4 Whereas in management I take the raw clay of inexperience , then shape and mould it into a team of teapots , Vic had an old-fashioned approach , plucking players with natural ability and building them into a cohesive unit but where no player 's unique , individual flair was stifled .
5 I was in the United States when the invasion of Iraq the invasion of Iraq into Iran , and I saw the whole situation with the aid of erm the United States mass media , so actually erm I had different ideas about erm what is the outcome and what is the results of the erm invasion was , and I took erm throughout the conflict I took an opposing view , because I always viewed the Iraquis as being aggressor and they inflicted damaged to a neighbouring country and erm they had erm no whatsoever rights to do anything like that and we see it again when erm they invaded Kuwait , they have no right at all erm they it is just the policy of the governing body of the Iraqui regime .
6 As a keen amateur astronomer I take a dim view of being mistaken for a fortune teller !
7 For example , without wishing to go into the debate about the Bishop of Durham s well-known views — and I want to say here that on the resurrection and virgin birth I take the traditional teaching of the Church — I am concerned when speakers are ignorant of some of the critical insights which have given rise to the Bishop 's well thought-out views .
8 Instead of emitting a long-drawn groan I took a deep breath .
9 Last year I took a special interest in Arrow , believing it to be the major threat to Transworld .
10 From the bathroom I took a battery-operated razor , the toothpaste and a new toothbrush from my emergency supply still in their Sainsbury wrappers .
11 Every time I took a big breath I were getting short pains all down this side ?
12 ( ’ Each time I take a good picture , I ask myself who can I show it to … but there are fewer people left . ’ )
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