Example sentences of "take his [noun sg] [adv] [adv] [conj] " in BNC.

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1 You have to make sure every time that the patient takes his weight as evenly as possible on both legs , with his trunk and arms in the right position .
2 Indeed , he took his responsibility so seriously that he had to be dissuaded from resignation .
3 He took his job very seriously and made me rewrite the book to make it understandable to nonscientists like himself .
4 His face was a cold blank mask , only the eyes were alive as he stared at Ryan — and then , with one swift movement , he took his hand away so that Ryan crumpled to the floor .
5 Like Kenneth Horne , he had to take his work as seriously as though he were about to play Macbeth — and he did , every trouser-dropping , each double-entendre reciting , any nasal-sounding ‘ stop messing about ’ moment .
6 ‘ There 'll be someone to take his place soon enough but with any luck they 'll just stick to violence . ’
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