Example sentences of "[not/n't] take [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Every effort is made to ensure prices are accurate and goods available , but best can not take responsibility for either . |
| 2 | You are only fifteen , and if your parents will not take responsibility for you , and you will not tell us what you are up at night , the only alternative is for you to go into care . |
| 3 | Yet although culpable for serving him , Jax can not take responsibility for the three further moral crossroads through which the boy drove against the red lights — namely the decision to get drunk ; the decision to drive in that state ; and the decision to drive recklessly . |
| 4 | Every effort is made to ensure prices are accurate and goods available , but best can not take responsibility for either . |
| 5 | In a letter to his lawyers cited by foreign correspondents in Beijing on Feb. 18 , Wang commented on other " leaders and initiators of this movement " who " dared not take responsibility for it and sought to defame it " . |
| 6 | The relevant circumstances are set out in s1(2) of that Act which states : ( 2 ) The circumstances referred to in the preceding subsection [ the extinguishment of any right of the sender to the goods ] are that the goods were sent to the recipient with a view to his acquiring them , that the recipient has no reasonable cause to believe that they were sent with a view to their being acquired for the purposes of a trade or business and has neither agreed to acquire nor agreed to return them , and either ( a ) that during the period of six months beginning with the day on which the recipient received the goods the sender did not take possession of them and the recipient did not unreasonably refuse to permit the sender to do so ; or ( b ) that not less than thirty days before the expiration of the period aforesaid the recipient gave notice to the sender in accordance with the following sub-section , and that during the period of thirty days beginning with the day on which the notice was given the sender did not take possession of the goods and the recipient did not unreasonably refuse to permit the sender to do so . |
| 7 | The relevant circumstances are set out in s1(2) of that Act which states : ( 2 ) The circumstances referred to in the preceding subsection [ the extinguishment of any right of the sender to the goods ] are that the goods were sent to the recipient with a view to his acquiring them , that the recipient has no reasonable cause to believe that they were sent with a view to their being acquired for the purposes of a trade or business and has neither agreed to acquire nor agreed to return them , and either ( a ) that during the period of six months beginning with the day on which the recipient received the goods the sender did not take possession of them and the recipient did not unreasonably refuse to permit the sender to do so ; or ( b ) that not less than thirty days before the expiration of the period aforesaid the recipient gave notice to the sender in accordance with the following sub-section , and that during the period of thirty days beginning with the day on which the notice was given the sender did not take possession of the goods and the recipient did not unreasonably refuse to permit the sender to do so . |
| 8 | Marie Grubbe could not take offence at the insults and the brutality to which Søren , her third husband , subjected her when she so thoroughly understood herself and him . … |
| 9 | Lane did not take offence at his boss 's comment , nor did he slow down . |
| 10 | A particularly charming smile ensured she 'd not take offence at his words . |
| 11 | no offence meant and I I really hope that you do not take offence in that way . |
| 12 | He would not take part at all . |
| 13 | If you already know the basics of map and compass work but want to improve your skills , why not take part in one of the day courses organised throughout the Lake District National Park ? |
| 14 | In the Soviet Union most funds are channelled into Olympic sport , and because rugby does not take part in the Olympics we get a very small proportion from the budget . ’ |
| 15 | It was notable that Mr Adamec 's replacement as Prime Minister , Mr Marian Calfa , did not take part in the talks . |
| 16 | His argument was that the Church of Ireland was ‘ poisoned by ecumenism ’ and as such he , as a Free Presbyterian , could not take part in fund-raising on its behalf . |
| 17 | Two of the Stewards , Lord Wolverton and Major Eustace Loder , interviewed the jockeys concerned in the finish ; the third , Lord Rosebery , did not take part in the adjudication as he had a runner in the race . |
| 18 | Mussolini himself did not take part in the march , but waited at Milan for the call to power . |
| 19 | Various aspects of the parties ' life , resources , and activities will be helpful to them in the conflict , but many of these are resources and activities that they will have possessed or engaged in or wished to posses or to engage in in any case , even if they did not take part in the contest . |
| 20 | As it happened , on 2 June the following was issued by MEHQ : ‘ It has been decided that Major Stirling , L Detachment S.A.S. Brigade , will not take part in active operations with his unit until further notice . |
| 21 | It was stressed that Colonel Stirling would not take part in these raids owing to the information he possessed . |
| 22 | Parliament as the law-making body does not take part in the local administration of its laws . |
| 23 | Unless specifically instructed by the council , a councillor must not take part in the execution of works or actions ordered by the council . |
| 24 | He must not take part in the consideration or discussion of the matter or vote upon it . |
| 25 | Peden was not armed and did not take part in the band 's less reputable exploits . |
| 26 | He did not take part in the false publicity that some aides drummed up before the tour . |
| 27 | Last year , although they qualified , they did not take part in the final . |
| 28 | The opt-outs mean that Denmark will not take part in economic and monetary union , common defence , common citizenship or joint policies on home affairs . |
| 29 | Although they vary either in their particular concerns or in the foci of their campaigns — even the Responsible Society , which states that it does not take part in demonstrations and public protests , campaigns through its literature — it was ‘ permissiveness ’ or their particular interpretation or conception of permissiveness that was the galvanizing force behind their development . |
| 30 | Sculptors already fully valued in 1985 notably Alexander Archipenko and Aristide Maillol ( average prices £30,000 and £70,000 ) did not take part in the surge up to 1990 nor in the subsequent fall . |