Example sentences of "[adv] [vb infin] [pron] take [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I can only say I took some heart in all of this from the following interchange which had taken place on 1 May between my good friend Sir Patrick McNair-Wilson ( Member of Parliament for the New Forest ) and the prime minister , Margaret Thatcher . |
| 2 | But , for all the familiar historical reasons , they can not bring themselves to take decisive steps to tighten the ring around the IRA south of the border . |
| 3 | In Commission of the European Communities v. Hellenic Republic ( Case 127/87 ) [ 1988 ] E.C.R. 3333 , 3348 , para. 7 the court referred to its established case law : see , inter alia , Hellenic Republic v. Commission of the European Communities ( Case 57/86 ) [ 1988 ] E.C.R. 2855 to the effect that the fact that member states retain certain monetary powers does not entitle them to take unilateral measures prohibited by the E.E.C . |
| 4 | I can not believe it took two weeks to discover that three of our Olympic athletes had taken drugs . |
| 5 | you do not mind my taking this method of answering your letter and I hope that you , I did not put you to too much trouble to locate a recorder to listen to the tape , I am just too lazy to write it all down and think that what I have to say I can put it better in words than what I can on paper , I 'll let you do that part . |
| 6 | In discussions with me , representatives of all the major brewing companies have admitted that the orders did not force them to take those actions against the tenants . |
| 7 | My boss did n't really want me to take three weeks all at once . ’ |
| 8 | And I 'll just , just discuss briefly two of the cases that he uses and they 're , you know , they 're , they 're old now , I have n't read the most recent edition of his book , he might have updated his case studies but it does n't really matter he takes two cases er one relating to erm the conduct of the Korean war in the nineteen fifties , and the other relating to the desegregation of southern schools , also in the nineteen fifties , as examples of presidential power . |
| 9 | They did n't want us to take all day about it ( hurry up ) . |
| 10 | I mean , I do n't think anyone took any risks , and we were all wearing gloves anyway because of the state he was in — I would be worried that it would make people panic unnecessarily . |
| 11 | Who said : ‘ I do n't think I take any part in his downfall whatsoever . ’ ? |
| 12 | The glamour girl said she felt no guilt over Mr Mellor 's resignation and declared : ‘ I do n't think I take any part in his downfall whatsoever . ’ |
| 13 | I did n't mind them taking any coal . |
| 14 | Darren Huddleson from Ireland may be wheelchair-bound , but that did n't stop him taking four rides on the newly-opened Splash mountain , a fast log-flume ride with an almost vertical drop . |
| 15 | You may not be able to reconcile differences but you will have gained further insights into the perceptions that others have of the school and maintained the personal caring touch ; and the discussion may well encourage you to take another look at your policy for encouraging complaints . |
| 16 | Last year , after a fortnight 's holiday in California , his first for two years , he complained , ‘ My wife would n't let me take any work with me ’ . |
| 17 | I ca n't let you take that risk . ’ |
| 18 | Also , I ca n't imagine him taking any woman out into deep woods for sex . |