Example sentences of "[pron] take some [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I took some work to show him and he was very generous about it . ’ |
| 2 | I can only say I took some heart in all of this from the following interchange which had taken place on 1 May between my good friend Sir Patrick McNair-Wilson ( Member of Parliament for the New Forest ) and the prime minister , Margaret Thatcher . |
| 3 | I took some clothes and tools , and also a box of Spanish gold and silver money . |
| 4 | Last year , I took some English . |
| 5 | I took some photographs ; then , tired and happy , lay on the mound and watched some large , white clouds with grey bellies drift like giant manta rays through the swirling air . |
| 6 | Cos I took some photographs of Sammy , he got a picture of Sammy in there , picture of Nat . |
| 7 | I took some measures through the Arts Council to help the cash flows of some of the institutions that were threatened by the delays in that funding . |
| 8 | I took some tapes with me to Saint-Moritz and listened , and thought , my goodness , this is quite wrong . |
| 9 | I took some pills . ’ |
| 10 | While loading Frankenstein I took some time to read the inlay . |
| 11 | I should say also that I take some comfort from noticing that the judgments were reserved for five months . |
| 12 | Personally , I take some comfort in knowing that I in no way contributed to our exit from Division Two . |
| 13 | I recognise them and with each recognition I take some comfort . |
| 14 | I feel that the facilities provided by the Careers Service have never had greater significance and I take some consolation in knowing that the current team is well structured and dedicated to providing the best possible service in finding careers and fulfilment for graduates from the University ’ . |
| 15 | Did they complain about the Fujitsu factory , which takes some beating when one is considering eyesores ? |
| 16 | It is a vicious circle which takes some breaking , as many girls on Tour would be the first to admit . |
| 17 | There have been earlier references to the changing and elastic notion of priorities which takes some time to come to terms with . |
| 18 | in the bad old days , in the bad old days before high technology caught up with us , when we used to have more literals than in your average your average academic textbook , which takes some doing . |
| 19 | Sam followed , only detained by trying to shut the door properly , which took some time . |
| 20 | ‘ As soon as we got him to a doctor — which took some time — it was discovered that Major Maxim must have held the ammonia under our man 's nose while pouring some odourless spirit — quite possibly strong vodka — onto the blindfold in order to produce the stinging sensation . ’ |
| 21 | Research was carried out on the stability of such ferries , which took some time . |
| 22 | His entrance test was to set a four-part antiphon ( in a locked room to prevent cheating ) : he completed the task — which took some composers four hours or so — in just over half an hour , and was unanimously elected a member of the Accademia . |
| 23 | After a few enquiries at Brigade H.Q I presented myself outside the big house at 2 p.m. wearing kilt , polished boots ( which took some doing ) and , of course , carrying the bagpipes . |
| 24 | She also wore a new lipstick called Chloe , which took some attention away from the slight sallowness she imagined she saw in her complexion , and a splash of light cologne . |
| 25 | The third , and much the largest source , was from central government through the rate support grant , which took some account of the needs of the area . |
| 26 | On 15 December , Fhimah made a note in his diary , reminding himself to take some Air Malta luggage tags from the airport . |
| 27 | ON August 25 , 1992 , in a report about the large amount of divorce legal costs , we inadvertently stated , due to a typographical error , that average costs of cases which take some time amounted to £250,000 , when the correct figure should be £25,000 . |
| 28 | On the whole for someone who takes some interest in serious music it was a worthwhile and memorable experience . |
| 29 | Can you take some bloods for chemistry , and we 'll start her on streptokinase . |
| 30 | Should you take some Beecham 's powders along , do you think ? |