Example sentences of "[adj] do [not/n't] take " in BNC.

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1 Well thank you , I , I 'll leave to Norbert the handling of the artist 's side of this , but as to the amateur sportsman , I know this is a very familiar and accepted notion among us , that the British do n't take sport seriously enough , but I wonder if it 's not one of the many self-delusions that we suffer from .
2 7 Do n't take too many clothes during the season .
3 Many do not take full advantage of the various daytime , night and off-peak tariffs on offer from their electricity company .
4 And that do n't take a week , week to test anything like that !
5 That do n't take long to unpack it really , does it ?
6 Ah well that do n't take Brian get up there , she said well he 's taller than you , I thought
7 Government policies generally and employment and training schemes in particular do not take women into account .
8 Small machines like the Olivetti PCS 33 and the Packard Bell Elite 1000 do n't take up much desk space , but they do n't leave you with much room for future expansion either .
9 Neon Tetras when young do not take kindly to fresh water .
10 The Greens want regional self-reliance , in agriculture as well as in other things ; a land tax applied so that ‘ in general terms , the nearer the land is to its natural state , the lower the land tax would be ’ ; energy efficiency ; population reduction through encouragement and education ( with 15–20 million the target for Britain ) ; and a sharing of ‘ the abundance which nature can provide for us all if the greedy do not take more than their fair share ’ .
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