Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] take [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Do n't you think you 'd better take a look at this fellow you knocked out ? |
| 2 | I had hoped to take my time over sorting out the house contents , but I 'd better take a look straight away — at any rate for the movable stuff . |
| 3 | ‘ I 'd better take a leak . ’ |
| 4 | But if anyone should try to get the better of Jimmy Dick , they 'd better take a lengthy piece of cutlery with them . |
| 5 | If you want to understand Theology , you 'd better take a gander at the Demonology too … |
| 6 | Well as you 're here , we 'd better take a look at you . ’ |
| 7 | However , I think I 'd better take a peep at the excavations . |
| 8 | ‘ You 'd better take a coat , ’ said Tuppe helpfully . |
| 9 | ‘ I 'd better take a look at my patient , ’ she says . |
| 10 | ‘ Perhaps I 'd better take a look at her , ’ said Lindsey . |
| 11 | And talking of cards , ’ she went on quickly as it registered with Fabia that if adding Cara 's name to hers on any card she sent home was n't lying , then she did n't know what was , ‘ you 'd better take a couple of my business cards . ’ |
| 12 | God I were in the market and I thought I 'd better take a bit more wrapping paper and I and I had it I said that 's ten and of course I get on the and I did n't know |
| 13 | ‘ And you 'd better take the torch with you . ’ |
| 14 | ‘ You 'd better take the old bastard back . ’ |
| 15 | Me , I think I 'd better take an interest in this philosopher person . |
| 16 | I 'd best take a look , just to be on the safe side . ’ |
| 17 | ‘ You 'd best take a jug with you . |
| 18 | It did not take a mathematical genius to work out that — with 59 clauses still to go — this was not brilliant progress . |
| 19 | There was nothing , even Nature , that did not take a side . |
| 20 | It is a tribute to the efficacy of Daynurse ( recommended by his driver ) , and the restorative powers of malt whisky ( a present for his 50th birthday ) that the campaign did not take a more visible toll . |
| 21 | Richard Chauncy 's eldest son William Henry ( 1728–1788 ) was matriculated at Oxford on 17 March 1743–4 , but did not take a degree . |
| 22 | The group did not take a big advance . |
| 23 | But it did not take a sharp journalistic instinct to realise that for refugees — particularly young refugees — life could never be that simple . |
| 24 | In nine cases out of ten , it did not take a professional analyst to detect the cause of the problem . |
| 25 | Mercifully the illness did not take a long course . |
| 26 | ‘ No man to upset and it did not take a great deal to upset him . ’ |
| 27 | The leather trade was one which did not take a great deal of effort to run successfully but then Craig believed that his brother had a hand in the unprofitable deals Uncle Thomas had made and had profited from them . |
| 28 | It could not be suggested that these justices in the instant case did not take time to consider the matter and it is not suggested , nor could it be , that they did not take a great deal of care in carrying out their duties . |
| 29 | However , it should be noted that additions to IBM files did not take a great deal longer than to ICL files , while random retrievals from IBM files were not markedly more rapid . |
| 30 | Francis Maginn did not take a prominent part in the affairs of the BDDA after its formation . |