Example sentences of "[noun sg] [was/were] take [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In effect the people working in the industry were to take it over and to run it as an industrial co-operative , organised nationally . |
| 2 | Finnish Environment Minister , Kaj Barlund , said that sulphur deposits in the south of the country " surpass the level nature can bear by two or three times " and that unless action was taken they would face serious problems in the next 10-20 years . |
| 3 | So we put them all into bin bags and we was trying to carry these bin bags so the wind was taking them like balloons ! |
| 4 | She need n't have worried ; a brief note from Dana on the kitchen table said that Roman was taking her out to dinner and that she was not to wait up , neither was she to wake Dana in the morning ; she would come for her fitting in the afternoon . |
| 5 | BELOW These chicks hatched two days apart — when this picture was taken they were 29 , 27 and 25 days old , but you can see the heart-shaped facial disc emerging clearly from the ball of fluff . |
| 6 | For example , I might butter a piece of bread and be unable to gauge whether the procedure was taking me seconds or days . |
| 7 | The custodian was taking it back to the clubhouse area , where it would be needed for the final ceremony in about an hour 's time . |
| 8 | They 'd each think the other was taking him home . |
| 9 | And gallant Spiderglass was taking them food and medicine . |
| 10 | Employing one of those supremely disingenuous somersaults of logic that only long training in double-speak and the official brand of British arrogance can confer , Mr Howard told a Westminster audience of backbenchers that ‘ If the Commission were to take us to the European Court I can think of few things more calculated to bring the Commission into disrepute ’ |
| 11 | And now the train was taking me to Aunt Louise through the quiet countryside , and in spite of my preoccupation I could not help enjoying the journey . |
| 12 | A Norwegian freedom fighter who knew the area was to take her to the nearby village , after which she was on her own . |
| 13 | What notice was taken it is impossible to say . |
| 14 | The woman was taking him for a ride , working on him to get what she wanted , and that included Lissa 's destruction . |
| 15 | Our journey was to take us from one end of the village to the Bar-Tabac at the other end , a trip of some 200 metres down the straight street that led to the plump , vine-studded hills in the distance . |
| 16 | Confusingly for him he saw where his logic was taking him . |
| 17 | His answer was to take her in his arms and press her close to him . |
| 18 | Some years ago , shortly after I took up climbing , a more experienced Geordie acquaintance was taking me up the Barbican on Castle Rock , Thirlmere . |
| 19 | The route was taking her over a highway that twisted and turned across central North Island mountain ranges where the air was fresh and clear . |
| 20 | Before she knew the decision was taken she was struggling into her clothes . |
| 21 | I started taking smack at school , 'cos everyone in the — estate at that time was taking it and that was the only place you could buy pot and I sent one of me mates out from school one day to buy some speed and he come back with smack and said this is all I could get and I said I do n't want none of that , but in the end we ended up doing it because we was bored and we had nothing else to do . |