Example sentences of "[pers pn] take the [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | Can I take the spare one into work ? |
2 | May I take the right hon. Gentleman 's question seriously ? |
3 | I took the hot , spicy drink and it went down like a stream of molten lava . |
4 | An' I took the bloody pill . |
5 | They form a national network and it is from their conference statement that I took the above quotations . |
6 | I took the simple biblical past … |
7 | Erm I took the nine year old boat out and just went out in a boat we had Mary went as well , we were like the all job for mackerel put this guy 's |
8 | I took the easy way out . |
9 | I took the small thing out of his hand . |
10 | I took the small knife from my left breast pocket and nicked my left thumb carefully . |
11 | Later , I took the then editor of The Ley Hunter , Paul Screeton , there . |
12 | It was through the need to obtain money for this that I took the part-time job with Mrs Morton and her husband , Weary Willy . |
13 | I took the two videos off the shelf and re-boxed them and as soon as |
14 | I got her letter yesterday and I took the first plane . |
15 | Next morning , from the Paseo de Gracias station , I took the first express to Zaragoza , passing through the small seaside town of Sitges , which was in later years to become a British hooligan holiday playground . |
16 | The next day I took the first bus back to New York . |
17 | On the first note of the following eight-bar break I took the first step , missed the second and somersaulted down the rest , orchestrated by drum rolls and cymbal crashes as the rest of the band dissolved into discord . |
18 | As it was soon to be finally and completely demolished , I took the first opportunity of looking round and about the old shed to see if I could find something , anything , of interest relating to the depot to add to my growing collection of ‘ Railwayana ’ . |
19 | I took the standard right turn and watched as he stopped a little way out to sea , turned , and stared at us . |
20 | I took the long cut home . |
21 | I took the only option that I could see was open to me , and I ran away into the desert . |
22 | But because I was in like really really tight tights , er like and then a pair of ski pants over the top er , my whole leg was like , you know , sort of soaked in and this bloke was there going , hee , that 's pretty impressive and I was like , I 'm not going to let him know I was crying and like got up and went to the top of the slope and I carried on skiing for about an extra half an hour , but like when I got home , and I just took off , my whole leg started , feet swelling as I took the like , the tight like leggings off . |
23 | ‘ I took the religious name of Agatha , really my own , but if you ask the Lady Prioress , she will tell you I entered these walls as Marie Savigny . ’ |
24 | ‘ As to the time of death , I took the internal body temperature at eight o'clock . |
25 | His eyes lingered a dry moment on mine , as if to make sure I took the implicit compliment ; and then , as if to limit it , he turned out the lamp . |
26 | I took the other half , inspecting it in a similar manner . |
27 | I took the best I could , and this is how I 've made use of them . ’ |
28 | Doo doo and I took the best . |
29 | At first he thought I was mad , but when I took the live animals out of my pocket to show him , he believed me . |
30 | I sat cross-legged just by the blaze , staring into it from up-wind until it was out and only the metal of the Black Destroyer remained , then I took the sooty skeleton and buried it where it had been ruined , at the bottom of the hill . |