Example sentences of "[vb past] [pers pn] take [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It made me take a good look at what I really wanted out of men and dating . |
| 2 | This helped him take an individual approach to problems , but he stayed in touch with other workers , and his findings were always made available . |
| 3 | Caddis houses helped us take the previous step ; snail shells will help us take this one . |
| 4 | Finally Miss Thorne refused to wait any longer and told them to take a short break while she left the hall to make a phone call to Hillbrook Farm . |
| 5 | Creed told him to take a right turn , down a narrow track that led towards the ocean . |
| 6 | Kay Evans presented their certificates to all the new teachers who were present , congratulated them all and encouraged them to take an active part in the training days . |
| 7 | The weather , being much better than expected , allowed us to take a gentle stroll and some light refreshment . |
| 8 | There was a pause , and I heard him take a deep breath . |
| 9 | It concluded that Dr Silvester had been guilty of a ‘ serious error of professional judgment ’ and ordered him to take a six-month retraining course . |
| 10 | Susan watched him take a large bite of a Luctian yeast cake . |
| 11 | Sticking her head out of the door , she summoned a nurse and got her to take the young man 's parents back to the interview-room and give them a cup of tea . |
| 12 | I asked her to take an intermediate photograph . |
| 13 | Lorenz 's own observations led him to take a different view . |
| 14 | ‘ I asked him to take a fresh look at the situation , because my gut feeling is that the decision that 's been taken is not the right one . ’ |
| 15 | A spell of what Parrott described as ‘ the best snooker I 've played this season ’ enabled him to take a 6-2 interval lead which he then increased to 8-2 before Taylor showed his renowned tenacity by winning the next four frames . |
| 16 | Type-cases too were heavy , and if one fell it took a long time to sort out the type again . |
| 17 | From that moment he had had respect for Blanche : he knew it took a rare combination of self-confidence and courage to admit she had been wrong . |
| 18 | I did get — did you take a good look at the , yes , was n't that beautifully done ? |
| 19 | Did it take a long time ? |
| 20 | Before I left I took a half-pound packet of sulphonamide from the car boot . |
| 21 | Had I taken the latter course , the result might have been embarrassment rather than accident . |
| 22 | Because we had a tender board operation which said you take the cheapest tender . |
| 23 | Director of specialist support for New Possibilities Fay Gerrie said she took the original decision to sack Mr Reid , who has 28 years ' service at the hospital , because he was the charge nurse and therefore responsible for the villa . |
| 24 | Had she taken the wrong route ? |
| 25 | The attendant returned to the kitchen area where Duncan spotted him taking a deep swig from a bottle of vodka that was then passed round the other members of the flight crew . |
| 26 | Yeah he said it takes a long time |
| 27 | In answer to charge 4 that he had treated Royan without taking a proper history or examination or consulting his general practitioner , Dr Mumby said he took the clinical history in the form of a questionnaire which patients filled out in advance but he rarely examined patients because they had usually been examined many times elsewhere and because taking a history by questionnaire was an established technique of clinical ecology . |