Example sentences of "[adj] [pron] [vb mod] take " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'm glad you brought that up really , in a sense , because if you complain about something , very often you can feel o on your own , that you 're the only one that 's doing that someone will take retribution on you |
| 2 | And I 've already paid for mine , so this I 'll take . |
| 3 | Well , you 'll just have to tell them that it 's missing but when I 've paid for a newspaper I expect to get all the pieces that I 've paid for and I 've already paid for mine , so this I 'll take . |
| 4 | Now , when you say to the first person ‘ point to a row across ’ if they point to a row without a king you say ‘ You pointed to this I will take it away ’ . |
| 5 | When the house was empty I would take the key from round my neck , unlock the harmonium and experiment with pulling out some of the stops . |
| 6 | There are a number of reasons for this which could take all day to expound , but the main reason and the one I shall elaborate is that industrialised agriculture nearly always consumes more energy than it produces and is living off capital in the form of fossil fuels . |
| 7 | But Celia , let us look at at tables because I saw some which can take typewriters and computers . |
| 8 | I mean , when you can get Dick Tracy for free you 'll take it , but when you have to pay £10 for it you 'll leave it on the shelf . |
| 9 | Within the slim packaging lies a host of mini programs ( called Microapps ) , some of which are useful , some almost indispensable and some you can take or leave as the fancy takes you . |
| 10 | Mr. Shaker : With this we may take amendment No. 17 , in clause 12 , page 6 , line 32 , at end insert , " and shall ensure that employees " pension rights are in no way diminished by the operation of this Act . " |
| 11 | If we do this we could take ⅔ of the last bill as being a reasonable estimate . |
| 12 | Erm why I say five men , you might think that peculiar because there was a man and a conductor each time but we used to reckon that two buses , full-time buses would be scheduled by te or run by ten men because there one man would come off at nine o'clock , have a relief of hour and fifteen minutes and then another one would take over from him . |
| 13 | When comparing terrace patterns from one area to another one should take into account , not only the height , but also the degree of development and the degree of complexity of the various members of terrace sequences , i.e. whether certain terraces seem compounded of several minor elements . |
| 14 | She was towed into the house as before and taken straight to the nursery despite Mrs Chamberlin 's protests that dressed like this they should take Miss Abbott to the drawing-room , the parlour at least , she insisted — ; |
| 15 | If you start with a quarter page like any sale if you start with the cheapest they 'll take it forget the rest . |
| 16 | And she knew now the reason she had n't wanted the doctor , knew it was because she was afraid they 'd take Jenny away from her because she was n't fit to look after her . |
| 17 | ‘ But , for someone who does n't know , in an old house like this it could take us months to find it . ’ |
| 18 | In doing this he must take care to see that the system is complied with and bear in mind that employees are often careless for their own safety . |
| 19 | It also became clear it could take two or three days of fierce ministerial talks to sort out the division of the £244.5 billion public spending cake . |
| 20 | Chatting to him about the service ( on February 16 , two days after the Valentines ' martyrdom ) it was clear he might take the opportunity to make a point or two about the state of modern human relationships as not touched on in your average Valentine 's card . |
| 21 | We had barely enough food for three months , let alone the four and a half it would take at fifteen miles a day . |
| 22 | Brian 's selling an organ electronic organ carrying case for a fiver , forty one by forty by four and a half it 'll take . |
| 23 | Some he would take home , copying them out most carefully before returning them in their leather cases to their proper places . |
| 24 | It was far from clear what should take its place . |
| 25 | With the needle steady , the heading now being flown is that which will take the aircraft direct to the station . |
| 26 | There is a limit to how much I can take ! |
| 27 | There was only so much she could take , and she did not know just when her breaking-point might come . |
| 28 | I said we what 's the lowest you can take for it ? |
| 29 | You must swear to me that if the number is six you will take the pill . ’ |
| 30 | That much we can take away from this latest close encounter with planet Nirvana without fear of contradiction . |