Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb mod] [verb] take a [adj] " in BNC.

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1 I think I must have taken a wrong turning somewhere , because we 're certainly not at Threlkeld , where we ought to be by now .
2 Erm I 'd re I 'd really like the the experience and the knowledge that I could learn at college , but I 'd like to take a short cut too .
3 I was told that I would have to take a strange aircraft that night , I learnt that my aircraft had been damaged by flak — and Italian flak to boot — and one of my lads was in hiding as he claimed I had threatened him with dire punishment if he damaged my aircraft .
4 I will try to take a broad role , eliminate controversy and keep a low profile . ’
5 If you fall into any of the above categories , you may need to take a daily multi-vitamin and mineral pill as your nutritional insurance policy !
6 Women who have been on the Pill may have nutritional deficiencies ( see p 260 ) and you may wish to take a nutritional supplement of the kind described on p 330 .
7 Anywhere in between and you 'll need to take a long hard look or call in the professionals .
8 You 'll have to take a good swim to find him the night , over to Holland , I 'd say .
9 Salesman : ‘ sorry , guv , you 'll have to take a black Datsun because it does the same job , and is cheaper ! ’
10 you 'd need to take a good half inch .
11 And she used to love taking a new ten shilling note out of and I 've saved this for holiday .
12 Porterfield , still seeking a replacement for out-of-favour Dave Beasant , said : ‘ We would like to take a close look at him training with us . ’
13 ‘ If firms want to take it seriously , they 'll need to take a long hard look at what sort of performance objectives are being applied and whether they are actually appropriate .
14 Sometimes they 'd , they 'd try taking a good dose of Epsom Salts to see if that would start things you know but er there was very little , very little they could do .
15 We know that they brought other domestic animals with them but it is inconceivable that they would have taken a wild cat from the mainland .
16 If the scientists succeed , they will have taken a small step toward improving the efficiency of nuclear fusion devices .
17 So yo , so you 're saying that it should have been explained to the man from West Calder that that 's the sort of , er level of charges he 'd had to pay and if he did n't want to pay it he should have taken a different house ?
18 He must have taken a short cut that she had n't noticed on her way down , as they arrived back at the house sooner than she was expecting and went straight to the veranda , where Faye still lay on the lounger , enjoying a long drink of iced water .
19 BUDDY REYNOLDS ( Sound Off ) , October 27 ) it must have taken a real strike of genius to suggest that The Levellers ' manager bar their so called ‘ crusties ’ from their gigs .
20 BUDDY REYNOLDS ( Sound Off ) , October 27 ) it must have taken a real strike of genius to suggest that The Levellers ' manager bar their so called ‘ crusties ’ from their gigs .
21 It must have taken a long time .
22 So it must have taken a long while ?
23 It must have taken a full five seconds for him to crumple Des , but he needs another three to get moving , and by then I 'm at his side .
24 cos it 'd have to take a long time .
25 As it is , Mr Major could think long and reappoint Mr Lamont , who has borne the enormous strain of knowing that , if the Tories had lost , he would have taken a substantial part of the blame .
26 It would have taken a considerable amount of time for any Government taking over their shambolic performance to improve the quality of just about everything in the environment , as we have been doing .
27 It would have taken a blind man , or a very naive one , not to spot some connection between their style of play and the kinds of responsibilities and decisions they have to make in the outside world .
28 It would have taken a bold investor to put 40% of a stock portfolio in the Tokyo market in the mid-1980s , even though that was what Japan 's share of global stockmarket capitalisation had become .
29 Four years ago it would have taken a whole day to set up a run of car doors at the plant .
30 As there is little work in the shipyards , it would have taken a special appeal to have convinced them to down tools .
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