Example sentences of "[prep] [pron] [pers pn] take [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This last statement should be noticed — he disliked assemblies and places where speeches were made at length and he did not enjoy being a chairman — but he made this single exception , the Convocation of York ; he always gave a presidential address , about which he took much trouble . |
| 2 | Then there had been another science during which she took periodical gulps of her tea and the sleeping baby stirred and gave small pig-like grunts . |
| 3 | They seemed to work extremely quickly using graining combs , brushes , even feathers to produce finishes in which they took great pride . |
| 4 | Her duty — a duty in which she took consummate pride — was to ensure the smooth running of The Tamarisks . |
| 5 | It also contained the piece of furniture in which she took most pride — a Victorian brass bed that she polished lovingly every three months . |
| 6 | After retirement he became a respected commentator , chairman of selectors and eventually president of Yorkshire ( 1981-4 ) until , saddened by the internal strife , he resigned from an office in which he took great pride . |
| 7 | One of his regrets is that in four series against West Indies his record is very ordinary — one innings in which he took eight wickets , but little else of note — and he is aware that not having proved himself against the best team in the world will be held against him when reputations come to be assessed . |
| 8 | It was Massine 's ballets which suited him best , especially Mam'zelle Angot , in which he took several parts at different times ; the sardonic humour he showed as the bootmaker in the market scene still lingers in my memory . |
| 9 | It is presumably used by species in which it takes two adults to provide for the young . |
| 10 | Someone said to me you take three years to mourn . |
| 11 | Cultures vary in the degree to which they take sexual deviance as a serious sin or crime , but all control sexuality in some way . |
| 12 | It is , however , still very easy to pick up tufa from the latter on the coast of East Africa , to which it took 6 months to float across the Indian Ocean . |