Example sentences of "do take a [noun] " in BNC.

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1 And stats do take a bit of time to do and you can write off a couple of hours if you 're going to do it properly and make sure that you 've got your i's dotted and your t's crossed . ’
2 ‘ I do n't know whether you 've really read all those extensive notes your researcher made for you , but do take a look at the last couple of lines .
3 If you do take a wheelchair out with you , never forget the support cushion for the seat , and make sure the footplates are always in place .
4 If we do take a victim 's view of ourselves — that we are helpless and it 's all impossible — then we wo n't shift .
5 U unfortunately it 's not a perfect system because in relation to mineral applications , whilst as you would expect the largest fees are associated with the largest areas of er application for new mineral working and whilst it has to be admitted that those sorts of applications do take a lot of time in order to process them .
6 Do take a seat . ’
7 she likes plenty , you know , and er , she did take a course on baby minding and she passed everything like , she could baby mind
8 ‘ They did take a dip last weekend , ’ she admitted .
9 Well it did take a bit of organization to get yourself to the end of the walk , erm with your your weekly rubbish or your daily rubbish , to get that put away .
10 Late in 1988 I purchased a second-hand Toyota KS901 ( we are now the best of friends but it did take a while ) .
11 He said of his winter sporting expedition : ‘ I felt I 'd reached a decent standard by the end of the week , although I did take a tumble or two .
12 Now that is the accepted way of doing it , and I can not see any reason why that can not be done , erm in Greater York , once the location for the new settlement is erm er is identified , erm so that 's my definition of erm integrated and balanced community , it 's a concept , you ca n't define , I do n't think , integrated and balanced separately , you need to bind them together er into into some erm er or all er erm concept , erm now the erm the question you did pose me , sir , which er I did take a note of , but I wonder if you 'd be kind enough to repeat it so I 've I 've a I 've a got it quite clear before I respond .
13 Now , I understand then that you did take a walk down Boundary Drive on that night ? ’
14 Look I 've just remembered , I did take a walk — just to get a breath of fresh air . ’
15 We did take a plant into her on the Saturday before she died , and then she died the following Saturday er and she .
16 Yet some did take a step of great courage .
17 I did take a step back and look at myself .
18 Christmas cards go flying I did take a picture of all my birthday cards ,
19 It does take a part in the reaction but it keeps getting returned back to its original state .
20 Just by opting for a more left field occupation you 're putting yourself on the edge a bit It really does take a bit of bottle to do that and find your own way through the maze rather than just go with the flow .
21 This does take a bit of sussing out , but once mastered it all makes sense .
22 there is an art of doing this , and it does take a bit of practice .
23 No she said , it does take a while for caravans to dry out .
24 If the animal does take a mouthful , then the tongue also has a sensitive reaction to the food 's temperature .
25 It has its fair share of crash , bang wallop and does take a mite too long to wrap itself up , but Sneakers is very funny , hugely entertaining and always ingeniously wacky and it 's good to see that reports of Mr Redford 's celluloid ‘ death ’ have been been a touch premature and certainly exaggerated .
26 And she said well it does take a time for the vans to dry out .
27 erm it does take a lot of effort to move over to meeting them as individual people , and once you 've understood that they are individual people and you get to know their interests and get to know your common humanity , then that 's the point where you want to get on and do something more , but it 's very difficult to recognise the common humanity , and a lot of
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