Example sentences of "[pers pn] take [art] notice " in BNC.

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1 I took no notice of it .
2 ‘ Oh , my ma and pa said exactly the same things to me when I was a kid , but I took no notice of it . ’
3 There were lots of other people in there , but I took no notice of them .
4 ‘ Again I took no notice of it , ’ she says .
5 I took no notice and passed through the door at the far end of the room .
6 But I took no notice , pushing through trees and bushes , and ran until I could run no longer .
7 My uncle and aunt shook me , their faces red and eyes wet , but I took no notice of them .
8 But I took no notice !
9 They just do n't recognise hierarchy , and I take no notice of whether or not I 'm acceptable to people .
10 Everybody at school says mozzarella cheese is disgusting I take no notice of them
11 I tell her not to but she takes no notice . ’
12 She is safely delivered of a son , but despite the encouragement of the midwives she takes no notice of the baby .
13 It ca n't bother her Bev because the amount of noise that we get through the walls is so bad and she 's in it , she 's actually there with the animals barking , so she takes no notice whatsoever of them
14 I said ca n't you take no notice of me and phone .
15 I had explained this to Aunt Louise , who enjoyed her bath and filled it almost to the top ; but she took no notice , becoming affronted and resentful if I reminded her .
16 But she took no notice .
17 She took no notice — ‘ There 's no law against it , mate !
18 As for Dinah , she was so greatly given to her acting that she took no notice of any of the young men .
19 She took no notice , and I began to hate her , not because I was having to apologize — she looked so old and sad that I was genuinely sorry — but because she would n't listen and it was such a-terrible physical struggle for me to talk ; my mouth seemed to be full of some sickly , sticky stuff , like chewing-gum .
20 She took no notice .
21 He spoke in a calm voice to her for he thought that the wind was upsetting her , but she took no notice and came at him again , and again .
22 Two window-cleaners threw her a cheerful obscenity , but she took no notice .
23 I waved but they took no notice .
24 They took no notice of him and stood on the front step , talking in low voices .
25 If they heard her , they took no notice .
26 They took no notice .
27 They took no notice of me ; they were creatures of the night , the air and the ocean , and I was only a piece of the land , meaningless , to be flown round like a boulder or a stump of wood .
28 They took no notice .
29 Nowadays they took no notice if people stared at them , they were used to it .
30 They took no notice of the black Mercedes as it slipped noiselessly out of the parking space behind them , the driver 's foot hovering over the accelerator .
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