Example sentences of "[pers pn] [verb] n't take [pron] [adv] " in BNC.

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1 I think Giles knows that I do n't take him seriously . ’
2 I do n't take it very seriously . ’
3 ‘ It 's a good thing I do n't take you seriously , ’ she told him .
4 listen to this , I 'm becoming increasingly aware that my landlady 's been making sexual passes at me , I did n't take them seriously until she climbed in the shower with me
5 Yeah but I did n't take it then .
6 I did n't take it seriously until a holiday took me to the Blakeney area of north Norfolk in 1974 .
7 It would be a little discreditable of me if I did n't take it seriously ! ’
8 In the taxi that had waited all evening in the piazza for them , the Captain glanced sideways at the point of glowing ash and said politely , ‘ I hope I did n't take you away from something more important this evening . ’
9 Yeah well I have n't taken them either !
10 ‘ I 've a sneaky feeling you think I have n't taken you seriously enough , over the years .
11 You did n't take nothing else ?
12 You did n't take it then no .
13 Wives do n't count , you say they look pretty and bring them home bunches of flowers but you do n't take them seriously , their tiny minds are n't capable of grasping anything important .
14 So you do n't take a water tablet today , you do n't take anything tonight .
15 You do n't take anything seriously ! ’
16 If she do n't put it , if you do n't take it right down then it comes out .
17 Great fun if you do n't take it too seriously and with effects as ludicrous as these you wo n't be able to .
18 That 's where I see her when I think of her , though she did n't take me there at first .
19 Hell , he could n't even ask , having told her the next time she would have to take the initiative , but if she did n't take it soon he was going to go out of his mind !
20 I think I knew already that she did n't take it seriously .
21 ‘ They both insist that there was no way in which their hostess could have been poisoned before their very eyes — and both the parlourmaid and the cook swear that she did n't take anything afterwards .
22 She had n't taken him seriously when he said he was giving up .
23 Ben had mentioned his withdrawal and she had n't taken him too seriously .
24 Well you know what kids , we kind of laughed at this you know , we did n't take it as serious .
25 Comment : Self-deprecating stories are often funny , and get us liked by others as they indicate we do n't take ourselves too seriously .
26 It 's tongue in cheek , we do n't take ourselves too seriously yet . ’
27 It 's the best we 're going to get , and if we do n't take it now we wo n't have another .
28 ‘ No , sir , we have n't taken it yet , ’ explained Samuel .
29 to me that 's where they took her the first time , they did n't take her right on the the roads , you know , the first time she 'd
30 They let me read them , they did n't take it away .
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