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

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1 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
2 Yeah but I did n't take it then .
3 I did n't take it seriously until a holiday took me to the Blakeney area of north Norfolk in 1974 .
4 It would be a little discreditable of me if I did n't take it seriously ! ’
5 sorry I did n't take it in , yeah
6 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 . ’
7 You did n't take it then no .
8 It 's all over and done with , not my fault if you did n't take it in then …
9 Never even even your last day at school you you did n't take it off .
10 That 's where I see her when I think of her , though she did n't take me there at first .
11 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 !
12 I think I knew already that she did n't take it seriously .
13 But if she did n't take it back he would only come along and ask for it She was surprised he had n't already .
14 Well you know what kids , we kind of laughed at this you know , we did n't take it as serious .
15 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
16 They did n't they did n't take them out of the Joe you know erm
17 They let me read them , they did n't take it away .
18 and so land reform was no longer seen as a means to achieve their end that they that and that it was n't the best policy to consolidate power , it was you needed to have the mass support there first so that 's why land reform was no longer seen as their goal so they did n't take it up at this point when one would expect them to pursue it .
19 Germans were confidently walking in the streets when the alarm sounded but they did n't take it seriously and failed to go to air raid shelters .
20 Once a Met Officer remarked cheerfully to me ( from the warmth and light of the office ) , that the rats were much more frightened of me than I was of them , but I noticed that he did n't take me up on my suggestion that he should come out with me and see for himself .
21 Ms Davis said the girl was later to say : ‘ He lied because he did n't take me back . ’
22 He did n't take her seriously .
23 And he did n't take her out ?
24 You know he did n't take it in
25 He was just as much of a mad f—er as anyone else on the paper — he recalls sulphate-fuelled weeks spent in East Germany , for example — but he did n't take it too seriously .
26 She waited silently behind the door , her face flushed , half excited , half disappointed that he did n't take it further by knocking for admittance , until she came to her senses .
27 I was just going to say that I 'm sure he it 's not that he did n't take it seriously .
28 It did n't take her long to regret taking part .
29 It did n't take her long to dress , freshen her make-up and add touches of silver jewellery on ears , neck and wrists , and it was quite a bit less than Tom 's stipulated twenty minutes later when she approached the veranda again .
30 It did n't take her long to pack the few clothes she would need , even though her mind was far away in the past .
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