Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] take [adj] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mothers shaved the heads of their daughters and then made them undress to take cold baths in public on the Hill of Calvary . |
| 2 | I mean to take drastic action in this matter , I assure you . |
| 3 | ‘ I tried to take some pressure off him by saying if we saw him before Christmas it would be a bonus . |
| 4 | ‘ I want to take another look at the gibbons . |
| 5 | If there are any factual errors ( or , more likely , lies ) I want to take careful note of them , and correct the record later . |
| 6 | Conscious that the fat woman had seated herself on a stack of biscuit tins and was listening avidly , Joe said ‘ Er , I want to take some groceries to an old lady . |
| 7 | ‘ I want to take this opportunity of thanking you , Mr … , and all the doctors and nurses here who have shown so much kindness to me . |
| 8 | ‘ If I 'd taken more trouble with economics I might have been more effective as Prime Minister . |
| 9 | Anyway , all that — and the Rogan Josh , which I 'd took real sweat over right down to serving it with iced bottles of Kingfisher lager and quarters of lime and rice fried with egg and to hell with the risk of salmonella — was before Billy Tuckett dropped in . |
| 10 | After the course , I began taking more interest in how other departments were tackling quality assurance . |
| 11 | I 'd spent so much time on my own , sitting watching birds , or reading about them or drawing them , that I did n't make many friends , and those I had took second place to the birds . |
| 12 | Since my episode with Moustaine during the first week of training , I had taken due care with my backside ; but others had n't got the point . |
| 13 | She wanted me to accompany her but I hung back , afraid that she 'd find out that I had taken two lumps of coal , and Dad had gone out , so he was not there to protect me . |
| 14 | I had taken two classes in physical anthropology and felt less guilty because of this and they were satisfied ; although they would have preferred I had chosen to read law . |
| 15 | Bad industrial relations had been the curse of the country for as long as I had taken any interest in politics ; although the reform of trade union law was essential , further steps were also needed . |
| 16 | I 've taken eight antidepressants over the last ten years , Prozac has n't been one of them I must admit . |
| 17 | Starting off with paragraph thirty three of P P G three , , erm you 'll see in my statement that I 've actually in seeking to address point A dealt with each of the conditions that P P G three er refers to , for which a new settlement should be contemplated , and you will see that I 've reached a conclusion that having regarded the unique circumstances of York , the Greater York new settlement does represent an appropriate and justified policy response , you 'll se also see my statement , I 've taken some comfort from the fact that the good practice guide that has been published by the department of the environment , has endorsed the approach that North Yorkshire County Council has taken towards the special circumstances of the Greater York area . |
| 18 | Erm about Cubs , I need to take sixty P for my big badge . |
| 19 | Still I suppose I have to take second place to your work . ’ |
| 20 | ‘ I can not comment any further , except to say that I have taken legal advice on this matter . ’ |
| 21 | ‘ I recommended the player through a contact , so I have taken some flak from my management team . |
| 22 | ( I have taken this summary of the plaintiff 's argument from the judgment of Lord Donaldson M.R. , at p. 324h . ) |
| 23 | I have taken these surveys from the 1960s as a useful starting point . |
| 24 | In order to make myself comprehensible to them , I have taken particular pains with the style and clarity of the exposition … " |
| 25 | Now , suppose I have taken enough men on already — ‘ Donald laughed . |
| 26 | ‘ I only came back because I wanted to take another look at you , to see if you 'd really changed . |
| 27 | David Broder argues PACs are a threat to the democratic ideal leading to gutless government , which avoids taking controversial stances for fear of losing PAC support . |
| 28 | British Rail has allowed several mainline stations to be used as venues for the event , to raise money for the charity Buskaid , which aims to take classical music to the children of South African townships . |
| 29 | All too often , as the experience of many mature applications indicates , technical and data-related matters dominate the system development phase and technically elegant solutions are devised which fail to take enough account of user needs and capabilities . |
| 30 | For all the absence of Bakerthink in the classroom , it would be misleading to suggest that nobody had taken any notice of the Education Reform Act . |