Example sentences of "[vb past] take [adj] care " in BNC.
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| 1 | She had been relieved when he first appeared in it ; it was bright blue striped with red , expensive , obviously new , a reassuring sign that the mother she had never met and of whom he never spoke , tried to take good care of him . |
| 2 | If you 'd taken more care … ’ |
| 3 | To succeed , you needed to take great care that you peaked just as the winning-post hove into view . |
| 4 | In order to establish the defence , the defendant must prove that the plaintiff failed to take reasonable care for his own safety and that this failure was a cause of his damage . |
| 5 | The defendant must prove that the plaintiff failed to take reasonable care for his own safety and that this failure was a cause of his damage . |
| 6 | The plaintiff must prove that the manufacturer failed to take reasonable care in the preparation or putting up of the product . |
| 7 | The difference between an action under the Act and a negligence action , is that in the latter the plaintiff must show that the defendant was negligent , i.e. that he failed to take reasonable care in the preparation and putting up of the product . |
| 8 | One drawback of this style of argument is that not only is the harm serious for the victim , but conviction for such an offence is serious for the defendant : a single class of offenders ( rapists , serious wounders ) would contain not only those with subjective fault but also those who merely failed to take proper care , all of whom would be convict.ed of a grave offence carrying a maximum of life imprisonment . |
| 9 | Her mother had taken great care to provide a lot of love and attention to Mary , often at the neglect of the baby . |
| 10 | Sutton had taken great care over his written application for the editorship ; even his later detractors say it was brilliant . |
| 11 | She was never to equal her first novel , That Lass o' Lowrie 's ( 1877 ) , a robust account of a Lancashire mining community in which she had taken great care with background and dialect , though Through One Administration ( 1883 ) , a study of a failed marriage against a turbulent background of Washington political life , was noteworthy , and the much shorter The Making of a Marchioness ( 1901 ) is a indictment of Edwardian society . |
| 12 | Poise was going to be the order of the day — poise and sophistication ; she had taken great care to look the part , now all she had to do was feel that way too . |
| 13 | Not just in the alleys of St Jude 's , where John-William had taken good care never to be devoured himself , but everywhere . |
| 14 | Since my episode with Moustaine during the first week of training , I had taken due care with my backside ; but others had n't got the point . |
| 15 | His mother had taken special care to remove the dirt from his face and hands at least . |
| 16 | As Coleman had been at pains to point this out before taking on the DEA assignment , he could hardly disagree , but the risk had seemed acceptable at the time and he had taken particular care to underline his academic credentials whenever he met Hurley 's people . |
| 17 | All diabetics had to take extra care with their feet , and pregnancy only increased the risk of problems related to poor circulation . |
| 18 | Of those who reported that their disability handicapped them in some way , 90 per cent stated that they ‘ had to take special care ’ and 86 per cent reported a restricted work or social life . |
| 19 | He rolled a little closer on the big feather mattress in the big brass bedstead , and put his arms round her — carefully , because he had to take special care of Ruth now . |