Example sentences of "[conj] [vb past] take [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Being too ill or debilitated to take any exercise . |
| 2 | Although he was a fully qualified pilot , he never to my knowledge ( certainly not whilst he was with No 7 Squadron ) was ever captain of an aircraft ; he had been second pilot , or flown as mid- upper , or rear gunner or had taken some other crew function , but at the same time he would be researching and demonstrating some aspect of a project that he was currently engaged with at the Institute . |
| 3 | None of the patients were pregnant at the time of the study or had taken any drug which could potentially interfere with gall bladder motility . |
| 4 | Tony reversed his car and turned to take another look at the theatre — there was nothing there . |
| 5 | and said take that ten P out of that how much change would you give me ? |
| 6 | During 1964 Crawford made The Knack … and how to get it , his first of three films with director Richard Lester , who had been a writer of The Goon Show on radio and had taken that brand of surrealism to film-making , using a new-wave style that reflected the mood of the Swinging Sixties and the idea that the world was being turned upside down . |
| 7 | Where damage is caused to a visitor by a danger due to the faulty execution of any work of construction , maintenance or repair by an independent contractor employed by the occupier , the occupier is not to be treated without more as answerable for the danger if in all the circumstances he had acted reasonably in entrusting the work to an independent contractor and had taken such steps ( if any ) as he reasonably ought in order to satisfy himself that the contractor was competent and that the work had been properly done . |
| 8 | ( c ) Independent contractors Section 2(4) ( b ) states : Where damage is caused to a visitor by a danger due to the faulty execution of any work of construction , maintenance or repair by an independent contractor employed by the occupier , the occupier is not to be treated without more as answerable for the danger if in all the circumstances he had acted reasonably in entrusting the work to an independent contractor and had taken such steps ( if any ) as he reasonably ought in order to satisfy himself that the contractor was competent and that the work had been properly done . |
| 9 | The doors of the bar opened behind them and they went in to order hot chocolate from the rather older part-time student who had learned the advisability of doing something to earn a little money and had taken several jobs as a waitress . |
| 10 | Forest clawed their way level 12 minutes later with a Clough penalty but failed to take all three points as opportunities were squandered . |
| 11 | Tomo Cesen , the man who almost certainly climbed the South Face of Lhotse but forgot to take any pictures , arrived for his session with a highly professional career package . |
| 12 | It had been a relief to reach camp but had taken all the will-power I could summon to put up the tent and cook a meal . |
| 13 | Mrs Cass said she had bought many of her pets but had taken some abandoned by their owners and had found others running wild in the street . |