Example sentences of "[pers pn] takes [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She 's getting on now , but she takes good notice of whatever anyone says . |
| 2 | Even now she takes such pleasure in the simplest things . ’ |
| 3 | She takes such pleasure in the simplest things ’ |
| 4 | She takes one look at Gisela and has her fringe cut too . |
| 5 | She takes one tablet a month . |
| 6 | She takes little exercise , does not even walk much , and prefers to use the car or public transport . |
| 7 | She wears a pink suede jacket with a studded fringe which she takes great care to hang . |
| 8 | angina but she takes this spray |
| 9 | Wimbledon pay my wages and my commitment to them takes top priority . |
| 10 | In her foreword , Ruth Richardson , the Minister of Finance ( and not the most popular Kiwi politician ) , expresses it thus : ‘ The special advantages of accrual accounting are that it distinguishes between capital and current spending , and that it takes better account of the cost of current policies for future generations … |
| 11 | It takes real determination to pack all the country house thriller cliches you can think of into half an hour , but TVS and Ian Stuart Black managed it in House of Glass ( ITV ) , an Appointment With Fear try-out for a post-franchise series . |
| 12 | This involves a different type of responsibility as well , and to accept it takes real courage . |
| 13 | I feel , however , that it takes insufficient account of the natural caution and pragmatism of the British people , which was admirably reflected in the negotiating approach of my right hon. Friend the Prime Minister and his colleagues in the Cabinet . |
| 14 | Roses are naturally at their most beautiful in summer , but it takes year-long care to ensure they maintain their glory . |
| 15 | A second technique is deconcentration — although functions may be departmentalised in a single central government department , it may nevertheless be desirable for administration to be dispersed from the geographical centre and into the regions and localities where it takes actual effect ‘ on the ground ’ . |
| 16 | Experiences , they argued , are identical with brain states ; but when someone is conscious of his experiences he is not conscious of his brain as such : it takes modern science to tell us that consciousness is a state of the brain . |
| 17 | Atari says it takes legal action against as many pirates as it can find , and has two big prosecutions pending at the moment . |
| 18 | It takes four hydrogen nuclei to make one nucleus of helium , and each time this happens there is a slight release of energy and a slight loss of mass . |
| 19 | It takes four place settings and costs £299.90 ( building-in kit extra ) |
| 20 | Even if it takes four week they 're stopping there . |
| 21 | Writing an Introduction As we have said , it takes much practice to be able to write essays well . |
| 22 | It takes much cranking of the engine with the starter motor to get going again — although the time it takes to fire up does vary . |
| 23 | It takes much time . |
| 24 | It takes much time and effort to find recorded music that is suitable as movement accompaniment . |
| 25 | Yet when asked how long it takes each week to prepare and construct the next sequence , Dr Postlethwait is accustomed to laugh heartily ( as he did when I asked him ) and reply , " Oh , about fifty hours . " |
| 26 | As Booker Noe Jr , the master distiller at Jim Beam , puts it : ‘ It takes good Bourbon at least four years to get to know the inside of the barrel . ’ |
| 27 | We ca n't do this on our own — it takes good planning and communications , the right data , money and , above all , teamwork . ’ |
| 28 | He added : ‘ British Rail has put off its £0.75bn programme and even if it takes private money , the bigger the players the better . |
| 29 | It takes little knowledge of history to appreciate that relatively few of the battles recorded in history have had a decisive effect upon the future of those involved . |
| 30 | It takes little imagination to foretell the likely consequences of just one peg disintegrating and flinging its spring or its free arm into the cutter gap during a pass ; or the possible knock-on effect(s) on the rest of the makeshift assembly and the astonished operator if this should happen . |