Example sentences of "[pers pn] take [art] opportunity " in BNC.
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| 1 | May I take the opportunity to thank my right hon. Friend for accepting my invitation to address Wolverhampton chamber of commerce at its annual dinner , where he will meet many members of the west midlands region of the CBI ? |
| 2 | Erm , may I take the opportunity to say that cross border is a bit of a misnomer , erm , it 's , the correct term is really doing work for other bodies . |
| 3 | I grew up as a child with a longing to hunt big game , and from 1930 to 1940 I took every opportunity to do so ; for this I have no regrets . |
| 4 | It was another sunny morning and I took the opportunity to set off with Singi , our assistant sirdar , for a shapely rock peak rising above the campsite and offering the prospect of an interesting climb and a good viewpoint . |
| 5 | I took the opportunity to — make use of a very convenient cache . |
| 6 | And so I took the opportunity to describe in some detail conditions in the attic . |
| 7 | One day I took the opportunity of asking Mrs Fairfax a few questions about Mr Rochester , as I was curious about him , and the little housekeeper seemed happy to talk . |
| 8 | finally , when both my parents were away somewhere , I took the opportunity to draw out of the Post Office bank all the very modest amount of money that people had given me on special occasions like my christening . |
| 9 | The disembarkation began immediately , and I took the opportunity of a run ashore with the others to survey our unique landfall . |
| 10 | It was a day to remember ; we were all quite taken by Fair Isle and I took the opportunity to dig out a few facts and figures about this remote island . |
| 11 | Boutros Ghali , last Monday , I took the opportunity to suggest to him the need for more action in Somalia . |
| 12 | I took the opportunity to enjoy an excellent luncheon . |
| 13 | Is the right hon. Gentleman aware that last Friday , on a delegation to Kiev , I took the opportunity — as I had always promised myself that I would if ever I were in Kiev — to visit Babi Yar , just outside the city limits , where in two years of Nazi terror and occupation tens of thousands of people were murdered ? |
| 14 | I took the opportunity in the interval between speaking and listening to the Minister 's wind-up to consult ’ Erskine May ’ on the subject of changing Bills ' titles . |
| 15 | I took the opportunity to have a word with the Kentish Constabulary 's finest . |
| 16 | My Lords , I took the opportunity knowing this question was coming up last Friday to spend an entire morning on the site in the building |
| 17 | The herdsman beat a tactful retreat to the end of the cowshed and then I took the opportunity to say what I thought . |
| 18 | I assure my hon. Friend that when I meet Guyanese Ministers — or , indeed , Ministers from any country — I take every opportunity to promote British exports . |
| 19 | As the paint bleeds onto the damp paper , I take the opportunity to blot out a central area along the line of the steps onto which the bulk of the light falls . |
| 20 | As the paint bleeds onto the damp paper , I take the opportunity to blot out a central area along the line of the steps onto which the bulk of the light falls . |
| 21 | During the warm weather I take the opportunity to sit in my garden where I often do my sewing up . |
| 22 | We have just arrived here with everything we have soaking wet and so we must just sit still till our clothes are dried and I take the opportunity of the idle time to write to you — |
| 23 | I take the opportunity of the publication of your paper to draw attention to these small details , with respect to which I have never moved myself , because until they interest others in the neighbourhood i should be sorry to be supposed to move in them for any interest of my own . |
| 24 | Since the Bill relates to that breakout , I take the opportunity to tell the Home Secretary once more that sooner or later he will have to be frank with the House and the country about what occurred at Brixton and about what he knew . |
| 25 | Keepers discovered her desperately fighting for life at the West Midlands Safari Park where she had to be hand-reared before being transferred to the Kingsley wildlife sanctuary , Cheshire , where she takes every opportunity to hitch a ride from the resident Bull Terrier bitch . |
| 26 | She took the opportunity despite the fact that many of her colleagues let her know that they judged her disloyal . |
| 27 | She took the opportunity to check the tape was running . |
| 28 | She took the opportunity to retire before her normal retirement date but I am too much of a gentleman to divulge her age . |
| 29 | His grip slackened and she took the opportunity to tear away from him . |
| 30 | ‘ What pains me is that you took the opportunity when I was sick unto death to steal Prince Edward 's heart from me , ’ she said to Joan , having informed her of the plan . |