Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] take the [num ord] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I remember one client who burst into tears before I 'd taken the first snip , ’ said top London stylist Trevor Sorbie . |
| 2 | But at least I 'd taken the first step , and not an easy step , considering what I 'd said to the doctor at our last meeting . |
| 3 | I had made my decision and I 'd taken the first step . |
| 4 | Crawled until I could see the arrow only because it was pale against the bark , and knew I was already further away than when I 'd taken the last bearing . |
| 5 | I had taken the first step when an elderly man touched my shoulder and asked in the lilting , Spanish-accented French of the region , if I wished to view the church . |
| 6 | VINNY JONES went back to Wimbledon yesterday and declared : ‘ I 've taken the first step on the managerial ladder . ’ |
| 7 | I resolved to take the first thing that came along and from that base to look further afield if need be . |
| 8 | And er , so she said she , she wants to take the last couple of days away |
| 9 | If you 've taken the last exercise seriously , you 'll be able to list some changes you 'd like to make : Go on — have a go ! |
| 10 | There was not a doubt in his mind as to where she had taken the fifth picture on the film . |
| 11 | Because you have to take the last number off it . |
| 12 | my Lord I think so yes , erm if I can just say this I understand on the structures that a letter has been , er , an offer has been made by a letter erm of the structure and obviously there would be and that , that was done I think some time ago , erm and it might be my Lord how to what sort of structure is , but , but , erm I think from our side , erm we , we 've taken the first step and we 're going |
| 13 | Erm and also we take take the second year 's payment a year later . |
| 14 | The calm , thoughtful way she acknowledged them and talked them through with me made me feel that we had taken the first step towards friendship . |
| 15 | The trouble is that companies need two to three times as many pay grades as they do working layers , and once they 've established the pay grades , which are easy to describe and set up , they fail to take the next step and set up a different managerial hierarchy based on responsibility rather than salary . |
| 16 | They had taken the first step but now it was the stream and not they which determined where they should go and what should happen to them . |
| 17 | It had taken the last half-hour to muster the courage to mention the subject yet again . |
| 18 | Luke 's features seemed to reshape themselves momentarily , his expression become one of savage anger , and he had taken the first step of the few that would bring him round the desk to her before she saw him drag control back to himself . |