Example sentences of "[verb] [not/n't] take [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There are internal disputes which are resolved by a visitor who is not a lawyer himself and has not taken legal advice . |
| 2 | Now do n't ask me why , but ever since that fateful day ‘ Jaz ’ has not taken much of a liking to me . |
| 3 | It should be noted that the Board may withhold or reduce compensation of they consider that the applicant has not taken all reasonable steps to inform the police without delay . |
| 4 | On LIFFE the 50% cross allows the broker/dealer to pre-match half the order , provided he has not taken one side of the cross himself , and he has filled the other half of the order in the pit . |
| 5 | Compare this to the golfer in diagram B. He has not taken such a positive approach to the same tee-shot , and has failed to stand behind the ball-to-target line before addressing the ball . |
| 6 | But fortunately his own cast has not taken such advice and under the musical direction of Marius Constant the singers soar above the lugubrious libretto based on Maeterlinck 's play . |
| 7 | For faults which occur repeatedly , the scheme may not apply if the owner has not taken reasonable steps to have them fixed . |
| 8 | ‘ He has not taken these drugs , I hope . ’ |
| 9 | Cos I thought he has n't taken any of my hints so far . |
| 10 | Being uncomplicated , the riders tend not to take much notice of it and in their minds , they have already finished . |
| 11 | So far the wife , who has not been named , has decided not to take legal action . |
| 12 | Mr Waterfield regrets not taking more of an interest in the then-popular sport in his student days at Oxford . |
| 13 | The problem for Mr Lamont is that he has to attempt to control the public spending deficit but at the same time not take any measures that might stall a sluggish recovery . |
| 14 | A report on the shooting was sent to the Crown Prosecution Service , but it decided not to take any action against Miss Hobson . |
| 15 | The committee decided not to take any further action against four of the five senators . |
| 16 | Sir Dick was criticised for helping various spy authors with their books but the Government decided not to take any action . |
| 17 | The patients fasted at 0900 having not taken any drugs which affect gastric secretion or motility over the previous 10 days . |
| 18 | Try not to take this too seriously . |
| 19 | ‘ Try not to take any notice . |
| 20 | survival course down and try not to take any trees . |
| 21 | All subjects were asked not to take any drug during the two days before the study . |
| 22 | He chose not to take legal proceedings against his ex-partner and the company was put into liquidation ( second attempt at sabotage ) . |
| 23 | KATRIN KRABBE 'S hopes of avoiding a four-year doping ban received a boost yesterday when it was revealed that influential scientific reports backed up her case that she did not take banned steroids . |
| 24 | He was advised by doctors Continued on Page 3 Continued from Page 1 that a degenerative disc might need surgery if he did not take complete rest . |
| 25 | Again , although I visited her regularly , taking little presents ; remembered her birthday and saw to it that her sons did the same ; looked after her once when she was ill ; and respected my husband 's love for her , I did not take much notice of her suggestions : ‘ My mother seems to think … |
| 26 | One approach is to hire a sociologist to peer into the black box ( the quotation from Heusch 1981 : 423 , and p. 46 in this book about the role of the sociologist is apposite here ) , in a similar way to anthropologists who sought to tell colonial administrators how to avoid irritating the people they governed ( although , according to Feuchtwang 1973 , the administrators did not take much notice of what they had to say ) . |
| 27 | As Erica Macdonald admits , it did not take much to make the girls steer away . |
| 28 | It did not take much to reason that international capitalism had failed and that a new order must replace it . |
| 29 | My detectives had established your many moves and it did not take much intelligence to realise why . ’ |
| 30 | If they did not take legal advice before buying property together , its division could be complicated . |