Example sentences of "we [vb past] take " in BNC.
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| 1 | For budgeting purposes we agreed to take a figure of 20 sows a hectare ( 8/acre ) or 11ha ( 27.5 acres ) in total . |
| 2 | We 've had a report from Headway which we agreed to take up to see if one of the consultants can oversee head injury services |
| 3 | We agreed to take no further action . |
| 4 | she said Mum she said beggars ca n't be choosers she said wherever we got to take it . |
| 5 | cos we got taken over and I says I said no ! |
| 6 | This time we planned to take in two other Munros on the northern ridge of the corrie , Carn Liath and Stob Poite Coire Ardair , before dropping down to the window and back up on to Creag Meagaidh 's vast plateau . |
| 7 | But as we travelled down a lovely wooded valley towards the north coast at Alta , the sun appeared below the clouds near midnight and we stopped to take our first pictures of the midnight sun . |
| 8 | At a one-donkey crossroads deep in the Algarve countryside , we stopped to take photographs . |
| 9 | We stopped taking the Magnet and the Gem and the Boy 's Own Paper . |
| 10 | Oddly the cottage was fully booked when we tried to take it again at Easter . |
| 11 | Cameras were hurriedly produced , which was no easy matter as we were squeezed in a very small boat , and everyone was in everyone else 's way as we tried to take photographs . |
| 12 | ‘ We tried to take Grand Met to a tribunal but they refused . |
| 13 | Oh this is this is you here is it ? the other side of the , cos I know when we tried to take photo 's off John , tried to take photo 's of John on the television because he could n't do it with all the flash or . |
| 14 | We tried taking out the pith from behind the bud , and we tried leaving it in — it made little difference . |
| 15 | The anti-realist holds that our understanding of the sentences in our language must have been acquired in situations which we learnt to take as warranting the use of those sentences ; situations in which those sentences are to count as true . |
| 16 | ‘ That said , I felt we deserved to take more out of the game and I will need to check the papers before I believe the result . ’ |
| 17 | My new friend and I had picked up two mad women , I said , and we 'd taken lots of this and that and one thing had led to another , as often happens when young people get together . |
| 18 | We 'd taken the swiftly accelerating Spirit away from the homespun drag races of Woodward Avenue , hoping Chrysler 's hype on for the R/T was well founded . |
| 19 | Appropriately enough for a photo session with one of the fittest men in the world — capable of dancing for hours without a break — we 'd taken over a corner of top London gym , The Peak , at the Hyatt Carlton Tower Hotel . |
| 20 | We 'd taken a small local boat — built for four people but with 15 on board not to mention some pigs and chickens — out to an island . |
| 21 | We 'd taken a small local boat — built for four people but with 15 on board not to mention some pigs and chickens — out to an island . |
| 22 | I 'd no idea we 'd taken so long . ’ |
| 23 | after we 'd taken in old Mrs Brent |
| 24 | If it had all succeeded and we 'd taken him back … ? |
| 25 | It was also how he 'd overheard me and Kenny the barman talking and drawn his own paranoid conclusions which had led to both me and Kenny wishing we 'd taken out medical insurance . |
| 26 | In many ways I wish we 'd taken on that girl now who we saw right at the very beginning with |
| 27 | Well to try and show that we 'd covered we 'd taken in as much of what was going on |
| 28 | ‘ I thought we 'd taken a long time to get here . ’ |
| 29 | I think in truth erm er we 'd taken a weekend off and er to go to Venice , there was a big er art exhibition on and Anne wanted to see that . |
| 30 | And er I wrote to the No we 'd taken the decision at the Portobello branch th that Sunday that we support When we supported the executive decision , the strike for our just demand you see . |