Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] take [adj] [noun] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 I was carrying wall units and I 'd taken fourteen wall units one after another up two flights of stairs .
2 Mr Cowlam , who has taken extra security measures following the break-in , also lost a pair of slender billed Conures , worth £250 , dog leads , collars and aquatic equipment .
3 An elderly lady , a writer of crime-stories , was featured ; for years she has taken regular night walks , striding out for miles through the city of London , observant of everything around her .
4 and you say take that tape recorder to work , huh , I would n't dare
5 you forgot to take that poll tax form to your boss
6 She had taken that whisky bottle from a nearby table and brought it down with as much strength as she could muster on Duvall 's head .
7 She was unconscious because she had taken some sleeping pills .
8 She started with the bones — good thing she had taken those anatomy courses — and laid on muscle , flesh and skin .
9 He was one of a group of 28 Royal Engineers who had taken eight truck loads of blankets and supplies to Vitez to help refugees .
10 I do n't suppose you fancy taking this tape machine home tonight do you , and recording some of your conversation with your brother or something ?
11 ‘ I thought you refused to take Religious Knowledge classes , ’ he says .
12 You have to take these things step by step . ’
13 If we fail to take this opportunity Mr Mayor , as I as I feel we are about to do I am a hundred percent convinced that in years to come people will look back at this year , or however long it happens to be and say they missed out on a golden opportunity to make social , to make more houses and to make social housing better in this city and across the country .
14 He said : ‘ We have taken some colour photographs from the video and are planning to have them enlarged .
15 for this longer-term analysis we have taken those panel members who were interviewed in the Mid-Term Wave ( April-May 1986 ) , the Pre-Campaign Wave ( March-April 1987 ) , and the Post-Election Wave ( June 1987 ) .
16 The Gotobeds were bad owners , you see ; our dad was killed by a rock fall that would never have happened , Mr Evans says , if they 'd taken proper safety precautions .
17 They 've taken three oil paintings ; two off the walls and one which was leaning up against the window sill , er the candlesticks and the vases off the altar , another very beautiful , very simple oak chair with cane seat and back .
18 He has taken industrial Kee Klamp fittings ( for joining metal tubes ) and added extra components to produce innovative kits for chunky original designs .
19 Well apart from attaining a Flying Instructors ticket along with his Basic Commercial Pilot 's Licence , Commercial Pilot 's Licence and Air Transport Pilot 's Licence , this year he has taken many performance category ratings .
20 Does it have to take another oil disaster like the Braer tanker , before Britain acts ?
21 It had taken six telephone calls and much going to and fro before Peter and Susie finally arrived for their first counselling appointment .
22 An exact replica of one of them is being shipped to Armenia , right down to blackboards and chalk , but it 's taken top level agreement between Mr Gorbachev and Mrs Thatcher to make it happen .
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