Example sentences of "[vb past] to take any [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But he never tried to take any food from the other children . |
| 2 | Tomo Cesen , the man who almost certainly climbed the South Face of Lhotse but forgot to take any pictures , arrived for his session with a highly professional career package . |
| 3 | Being too ill or debilitated to take any exercise . |
| 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 | Rome refused to take any part in these proceedings , except by unofficial observers . |
| 7 | ‘ He knew and he refused to take any part . ’ |
| 8 | At the time Professor Girdwood 's association ( the prime aim of this charitable , voluntary body is to ‘ promote the interests of donors and pass their worries to Government ’ ) refused to take any part in this move for overdue reform . |
| 9 | ’ Carco asked if he could buy a painting , ‘ The Standing Nude ’ , and Zbo was so overcome with emotion because Carco appreciated Modigliani that he refused to take any money for it . |
| 10 | She stalwartly refused to take any drugs , once again arguing that she could not hold herself responsible if the baby were born deformed . |
| 11 | While prominent Wesleyans like Hughes , J. Scott Lidgett , R. W. Perks , Charles Kelly and Henry Lunn were active and , in Hughes ' case , vital to the movement , the majority held aloof and Conference refused to take any notice of the Council . |