Example sentences of "[coord] did [adv] take " in BNC.
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| 1 | He either failed or did n't take his finals ; I could n't make out which . ’ |
| 2 | This occurred in Egypt and Asia , for instance , and the intention was to create a closed currency system whereby everyone entering the kingdom had to change their foreign coin into local coin and did not take the local coinage out of the country . |
| 3 | He spoke slowly to the children and did not take his eyes off them as he spoke . |
| 4 | Peden was not armed and did not take part in the band 's less reputable exploits . |
| 5 | Bass players of the time were most unhappy about the situation , though ; their instrument , the double bass , was exceedingly bulky , very fragile and did not take at all well to the rigours of touring , especially if strapped to the roof of a car , as many were . |
| 6 | I was ill at the time of the scholarship examination , however , and did not take it . |
| 7 | The genitors of the children had a recognized standing in relation to their spouses but they visited them only at night and did not take food in the taravad house of their " wives " . |
| 8 | The people who heard the rumour and did not take any action are as guilty as the man who used the clenbuteriol . |
| 9 | I began to alter my standards of hospitality , offering them my pale , cold face when their music grew louder , when they began laughing among themselves and did n't take the trouble to explain their jokes to me as they had before , or repeat their words until I understood what they were saying . |
| 10 | They were very polite , however , and did n't take much persuading to go away . |
| 11 | But the American rose and did n't take , had more sense than those daft trout . |
| 12 | He made 12 and 6 at Karachi , and did n't take a wicket . |
| 13 | Unfortunately , I wrote to him in rather a hurry , and did n't take copies of the notes I sent him . |
| 14 | I had chances and did n't take them , ’ said the 54-year-old Wood later . |
| 15 | Well you could have won but you were daft and did n't take the right card . |
| 16 | They knew the realist option but did not take it as a way out of a social impasse , because , I would argue , the phenomenalist tendency of thought is too strong . |
| 17 | Elisabeth heard the words but did not take them in consciously . |
| 18 | Richard Chauncy 's eldest son William Henry ( 1728–1788 ) was matriculated at Oxford on 17 March 1743–4 , but did not take a degree . |
| 19 | Joan , over the last week , had applied calamine lotion , witch hazel , petroleum jelly , and had even contemplated using a sinister looking ointment concocted by Dotty , but did not take this final drastic step . |
| 20 | John Stork — when in his mid-30s — became aware of headhunting when he found himself on the receiving end of a headhunter 's call for the first time ; in due course he became the successful candidate , but did not take the job , staying on as a member of the international Board of Masius Wynne-Williams advertising agency , where he had earlier been head of research . |
| 21 | The Maud Committee , for example , distinguished between councillors who were members of a political party and those who were not , but did not take the analysis any further . |
| 22 | She tolerated , but did not take seriously , the attentions of Nigel . |
| 23 | His presence was not continuous as he was entered again as a scholar commoner in 1571 , but did not take a degree . |
| 24 | His father retired in 1813 to London , and Auldjo was educated at Atwood 's School in Hammersmith , and Trinity College , Cambridge , where he matriculated as a pensioner in 1823 but did not take a degree . |
| 25 | He joined the government laboratory in 1897 and , by arrangements recently made for assistants , he attended courses in chemistry at the Royal College of Science for two years , 1897–9 , but did not take his degree . |
| 26 | He smiled , but did not take it . |
| 27 | The $500 million was believed to constitute 80 per cent of Milken 's remaining personal wealth , but did not take into account the assets held by his wife and immediate family . |
| 28 | He then walked out of the house saying he was leaving but did not take anything with him and the car remained outside the house . |
| 29 | Jess listened but did n't take part although she could believe what was said . |
| 30 | ‘ I was , frankly , surprised , but did n't take very long to make up my mind that this was not an invitation you could refuse … or that I wanted to refuse . ’ |