Example sentences of "[vb past] [pers pn] [adv] take [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He opened pale , hurt eyes when Carrington told him not to take more drink excepting tea , and swore it had not entered his head . |
| 2 | He begged me not to take that job at Warrington . |
| 3 | He claimed it often took three weeks for written details to arrive on his desk . |
| 4 | The military experts taught her how to take evasive action and speed away from danger . |
| 5 | When did we ever take any notice of what the fuzz said ? |
| 6 | The public at home would have been rightly outraged had we not taken this action , while the lessons that would have been drawn by other countries overseas were incalculable . |
| 7 | One commonly heard complaint from relatives is that ‘ I was told she was too disturbed for the council day centre as they could n't stop her from wandering out ’ , yet ‘ The doctor at the day hospital said they only took short-term cases , people who could get better and move on . ’ |