Example sentences of "that [pers pn] [verb] take [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But I think they recognise that I 'm not trying to exploit the Broads to line my pocket , and that I 've taken a bit of care . |
| 2 | ‘ The receptionist at the hotel could have told you that I 'd taken a taxi to Prague railway station , ’ she offered . |
| 3 | Thankful that I had taken the trouble to gather dry wood while it was fine , I lighted the fire , and soon had a cheerful blaze going . |
| 4 | Nigel saw my anger and was obviously surprised that I had taken the review off the Cabinet agenda . |
| 5 | Jackman has played Martin twice in the last eight months and lost both times , but Jackman was buoyed by the fact that she had taken a game off her on each occasion . |
| 6 | She said she had not wanted to die but that she had taken the tablets to calm herself down in order to get some sleep . |
| 7 | McLeish , warmed by the fact that she had taken the trouble to find out a bit about him , confirmed he had been at Reading University and had worked as a young sergeant in the Flying Squad . |
| 8 | Sanity returning , he ran after her , to find that she had taken the key out of the lock — and locked the door from the outside , against him . |
| 9 | We discussed preparation of the lines in Chapter Three , so all we want to emphasise now is that you remember to take a stake ( preferably fitted with a brightly coloured flag so that you do not lose it , or tread on it ) and that the line ends have swivel connections of adequate strength . |
| 10 | ‘ It seems terrible now , David , to think that you 've taken the blame for so long for something you did n't do . |
| 11 | Assuming that you decide to take the plunge , you should if possible determine at the same time whether you are going to practise on the common law or on the Chancery side . |
| 12 | The point is that sometimes it ca n't be avoided — there are some issues which are so important that you have to take a stand and say to hell with how people react . |
| 13 | Under the terms of your mortgage , you will probably have to tell the lender that you have taken a tenant , and may then be charged a higher rate of interest . |
| 14 | It 's heartening to realise that you have taken the Sinead interview seriously and not just dismissed it totally as the meanderings of a bonkers woman . |
| 15 | Is not it curious that you have taken the name ? ’ |
| 16 | check that you have taken the details correctly before you hang up . |
| 17 | Now , I understand then that you did take a walk down Boundary Drive on that night ? ’ |
| 18 | This means that you need to take a lot of time and trouble measuring up . |
| 19 | Whether or not horses understand landing procedure ( they do n't smoke or have to cope with seat-belts ) , it occurred to me that we had taken a couple of bites at the cherry on our approach — I could only guess how near we came to dismantling the gateway to India , for there are no windows in those vehicles . |
| 20 | This book argues that we need to take a step towards a sociology of the global system . |
| 21 | At the very least this theory about post-natal depressions shows it 's not that simple , the mother has a self-interest as well as the offspring and our modern insight into parental investment theory shows us that we have to take every individual 's self-interest seriously we 're not committing th the , the crude errors of group selectionism and saying you know mothers exist for the benefit of society to have children , they should put up with it . |
| 22 | Erm there is an error in that we have included er at two in that we have added in a reference there to further additional meant that we have taken the budget earlier guidelines here three point three , we are not proposing to do that and therefore that should be deleted . |
| 23 | Now that we have taken an overview of the Form method of patterning , I hope that many more knitters will not be as worried that the columns of figures published in magazines and so on , mean nothing to them , since they are n't supposed to in this format . |
| 24 | The court stated that they had to take the plaintiff as they found him . |
| 25 | She described liquidators Cork Gully as ‘ corpse snatchers ’ and said it was unfair that they had taken a total of £7.9m in expenses over 10 years . |
| 26 | Well , considering the security here in Great Britain , I hope that they have taken a precaution for that , but then we 're dealing with a person who does not go by the book . |
| 27 | They have not handed over the arguments to be articulated by lawyers and scientists even now that they have taken the city and the tannery to court in a law-suit claim for $31 million . |
| 28 | It was , she realised with astonishment , his version of an apology , and she had a feeling that it had taken a lot out of him to say it . |
| 29 | English Nature said afterwards that it had taken the case to the Lords in search of a definitive ruling . |
| 30 | He found a rusty man-trap in a cupboard — an evil contraption of chains and springs and teeth — and assured her that it had taken the leg off more than one poacher in its day . |