Example sentences of "but [pers pn] take [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Stepping up to bat in the eighth inning of game five on Sunday with the scores tied 1-1 , the Giants first baseman had trouble controlling the adrenalin , ‘ but I took a deep breath and tried to focus on the point of release of the ball ’ . |
| 2 | At the early age of thirty-eight me mother sent me West Get up , said she , and get a job says I I 'll do me best I pulled on my Wellingtons to march to march to Kiljimock But I took a wrong turn at Charlestown and ended up in Knock Once this quiet crossroads was a place of quiet prayer Where Catholics got indulgent once or twice a year You could buy a pair of rosary beads or get your candles blessed If you had a guilty conscience , you could get it off your chest … |
| 3 | ‘ I could have made a real mess of that hole , but I took a calculated gamble and it paid off , ’ added Faldo , who walked off the green with a bogey four — one shot less than he registered in the first round . |
| 4 | But I take the humanitarian line that this permits Mr Tim to engage in full imaginative sympathy with those tongues of Babel who throw themselves on his mercy . |
| 5 | This tale is challenged in the notes for the Erato album ; but I take the above quotation from the memoirs of Tchaikovsky 's close friend Nikolay Kashkin , and it rings true enough . |
| 6 | He glanced towards Rain but she took the lofty view that bribing security men was not her concern . |
| 7 | Julia did n't care a sod about that kid , she 'd let her to scream on , stand in the middle of the garden screaming , indoors screaming and she said to me I have no feelings for her whatsoever but she took the bloody money every week and this is what 's so wrong , nobody knows how she er was as that child , only people like us who would hear |
| 8 | Bere Forest also had a tough match against Meridian B and , once again , they found themselves a goal down at half time but they took a 2–1 lead in the second half before Meridian B equalized to take the game into extra time . |
| 9 | They look quite dull and uninteresting when lying on the beaches around Whitby and Scarborough , but they take a brilliant polish and look wonderful when mounted as jewellery . |
| 10 | Beans , pulses and grains feature increasingly in a healthy diet , but they take a long time to cook , even using a microwave . |
| 11 | But they take the interpretive attitude toward these abstract propositions , and their opinions about Elmer 's legal rights express an interpretation rather than a direct and uncontroversial application of the institution of legislation . |
| 12 | LUCAN left and went to see friends in Sussex , but he took a strange route . |
| 13 | But it takes a supreme act of faith to believe that everything will be ready on time . |
| 14 | But I 'm not saying that people are incompetent , but it takes a certain amount |
| 15 | Anyone can be a biological mother , but it takes a professional woman to make a good job of it . |
| 16 | But it takes a mighty age to tell its tale and dives head-first into the soap suds along the way . |
| 17 | But it takes a long time to regain trust . |
| 18 | But it takes a different form , chiefly private transactions . |
| 19 | Ultimately one admires its naturalness , its ability simply to relay the balance and range that Rattle has fashioned from the podium ( or so it seems ) , but it takes a little while . |
| 20 | But it takes no long reflexion to see that , in this case , if the interrogative is acceptable , then it asks for a straightforward manner adverbial or its equivalent as an answer , and it is not directly related to the sentences in ( 33 ) . |
| 21 | The Financial Reporting Review Panel informed the company that substituting the proposed requirements of an exposure draft for those of an existing accounting standard was not acceptable ; but it took no further action , since FRS 3 was expected shortly . |
| 22 | The above may be so , but it took a long while for anything significant to happen to the share price . |
| 23 | He 's a fabulous guy and very funny , but it took a long time , and I do n't take credit for it , but it took a long time to put him in a situation where I felt that he was at maximum ‘ comfortableness ’ , so that his shyness — and he was very shy — was overcome . |
| 24 | He 's a fabulous guy and very funny , but it took a long time , and I do n't take credit for it , but it took a long time to put him in a situation where I felt that he was at maximum ‘ comfortableness ’ , so that his shyness — and he was very shy — was overcome . |
| 25 | ‘ The device looks simple , but it took a long time to find companies that could make it , ’ he says . |
| 26 | The blaze commenced one lunchtime when few people were in the premises , so there was no loss of life , but it took a long time for the blaze to be brought under control and some days before the firemen were able to be sure that there was no risk of further outbreaks of fire . |
| 27 | The old lady was quite sprightly for her age but it took a long time for them both to reach the top floor . |
| 28 | I got a job eventually , but it took a long time . |
| 29 | For example , a reduction in the cost of grinding and polishing plate glass was made possible by the float process , but it took a long time and a great deal of money to make it work . |
| 30 | We got away with it somehow , but it took a long time to live that one down . |