Example sentences of "and [pers pn] [verb] take [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I was carrying wall units and I 'd taken fourteen wall units one after another up two flights of stairs . |
| 2 | Rebutting suggestions that Scottish Liberal Democrat MPs would baulk at losing the opportunity for a Scottish Assembly , he added : ‘ My colleagues and I have taken this decision jointly and collectively . |
| 3 | As ye know , most doctors in the islands get six months ' leave every three years , and I volunteered to take one man 's place soon after I had qualified . |
| 4 | and you say take that tape recorder to work , huh , I would n't dare |
| 5 | We invited Debbie to join us but she 'd had an invitation from a girlfriend to spend Christmas in Norway and she decided to take that invitation up . |
| 6 | ‘ We will do all we can to help customers as much as we can , especially those on low incomes and we want to take more time during the course of the year to evaluate the charge in detail . |
| 7 | ‘ We will do all we can to help customers as much as we can , especially those on low incomes , and we want to take more time during the course of the year to evaluate the charge in detail . |
| 8 | After the hearing a company spokesman said : ‘ Kwik Save has a vast number of stores throughout the country and we do take this area very seriously . |
| 9 | He says there 's a lot of noise at this party and we need to take strong action to get the noise down . |
| 10 | As Coleman had been at pains to point this out before taking on the DEA assignment , he could hardly disagree , but the risk had seemed acceptable at the time and he had taken particular care to underline his academic credentials whenever he met Hurley 's people . |
| 11 | a proper one , hi Holly , alright love , so I went , left it and then I went called back last night after college and he said oh I have n't done it yet come on he said we 'll whiz it on the band saw , put it on the band saw and he 'd taken two nails out that you could n't see you know the , the old stamped cast iron ones , the ends had snapped off |
| 12 | And he 'd taken some alcohol either just before , or with his meal . |
| 13 | ‘ He knew and he refused to take any part . ’ |
| 14 | And it 's taken that length of time to break down the seventy or eighty year barriers that are in existence between workers and management . |
| 15 | Lawrence added : ‘ We have played five games against First Division sides this season and it has taken extra time in the fifth for us to be defeated . |