Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] take this " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ You 'd better take this seriously . ’ |
| 2 | Okay , I think we 'd better take this slowly . |
| 3 | Joan , over the last week , had applied calamine lotion , witch hazel , petroleum jelly , and had even contemplated using a sinister looking ointment concocted by Dotty , but did not take this final drastic step . |
| 4 | Davidson , who was used to him , did not take this seriously , and rightly so , for Baldwin 's next railway activity was to leave Chequers early on the Tuesday morning in order to catch the 8.55 from Wendover and be available to see first Stamfordham and then the King . |
| 5 | I note that the hon. Gentleman did not take this ideal opportunity to deny that he may have been involved in the passing to the press of a bogus document about the alleged future of InterCity . |
| 6 | I do not take this view , but I do think that there are certain deep assumptions about how the mind-body problem should be addressed which increase its difficulty . |
| 7 | It is disappointing that the subject specialists in these libraries ( who are usually responsible for their preparation ) do not take this critical approach , because one would have thought they were well capable of it . |
| 8 | A Masai who acquitted himself well in hand-to-hand fighting in Burma during the Second World War was allowed to keep the samurai sword he captured : ‘ Please do not take this sword away from this soldier ’ , the man 's commanding officer wrote on the wound tag around his neck , ‘ He is a Masai . ’ |
| 9 | Do not take this , but take next right turn , leading to farm . |
| 10 | Some manufacturers ( particularly of mass-produced goods ) do not take this point , and are happy to replace goods ( it is cheaper than repairing them ) until the buyer is satisfied . |
| 11 | I did n't take this too seriously at the time . |
| 12 | But do n't take this as an excuse to skimp on insurance when you book your hols . |
| 13 | Do n't take this amiss . |
| 14 | ‘ Please do n't take this as an impertinence , Miss Milligan , ’ Mr O'Hara said to her early on in their relationship , ‘ but a girl as pretty as you , and one as elegant , should really have the clothes to enhance her beauty . |
| 15 | Despite the way I sometimes rag her , she is my sister and I do love her , so do n't take this as being disloyal . |
| 16 | Do n't take this the wrong way , Barnett , but unless you 're a ‘ varsity man — proper ‘ varsity , that is , not these red-brick hell-holes — you ca n't imagine what it means to know you 're truly and deservedly special . |
| 17 | So , if we do n't take this out we have to do something about . |
| 18 | You mean they do n't take this test seriously as I do , Ashington Floaters |
| 19 | No , do n't take this the wrong way ! |
| 20 | Pound sent me a card , which I still have , naming place and date , and saying , rather peremptorily , ‘ I think you had better take this in . ’ |
| 21 | Although it is intended to charge actual staff costs , including incentive allowances , National Insurance , pensions and other costs , to the school 's budget , the formula by which the school 's finances are allocated does not take this into account . |
| 22 | Like many of the parents , Rita readily agrees with the professional maxim that ‘ It 's natural to feel shocked ’ , but she clearly does not take this to be some scientific and objective concomitant of the situation , something in her genes . |
| 23 | In effect , Western attempts to create a security system which does not take this into account can not anticipate a long-term future . |
| 24 | The traveller in a hurry does not take this kind of thing lying down . |
| 25 | There is widespread interest in that aspect , and I am sorry that the Prime Minister does not take this opportunity to make clear what should be a very straightforward point . |
| 26 | While it is often the case that methods are treated as if they were tools in a tool box ready and waiting to be used for their appropriate task , it is vitally important that any aspiring methodologist does not take this too seriously but tries , instead , to understand the presumptions which underpin methods . |
| 27 | But Coun Richmond said : ‘ If the council does n't take this on board , I and my colleagues will continue establishing links with South Africa for Darlington businesses on our own . ’ |
| 28 | But Coun Richmond said : ‘ If the council does n't take this on board I and my colleagues will continue establishing links with South Africa for Darlington businesses on our own . ’ |