Example sentences of "[vb past] take [det] interest " in BNC.

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1 I wish he seemed to take more interest in life generally .
2 After the course , I began taking more interest in how other departments were tackling quality assurance .
3 The government appeared to take little interest in the schemes of the Family Endowment Society .
4 No one appeared to take any interest in her .
5 His old friend Barfield ruefully suggested that ‘ at a certain stage in his life he deliberately ceased to take any interest in himself except as a kind of spiritual animus taking stock of his moral faults …
6 Bad industrial relations had been the curse of the country for as long as I had taken any interest in politics ; although the reform of trade union law was essential , further steps were also needed .
7 Vaguely he wished that he had taken more interest in old science .
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