Example sentences of "[adv] [vb past] take a " in BNC.
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| 1 | She much preferred to take a cab in to the centre of town when she was on these assignments . |
| 2 | Then she had to imagine switching on the light in that cupboard under the stairs and taking a couple of steps forward so that she was just inside — but with the door open to the hall and with the knowledge that she only had to take a single large step back to be out there again . |
| 3 | He was unrecognizable at this distance , but the woman who followed him a moment later only had to take a couple of steps for Pascoe to know that this was Gwen Evans again . |
| 4 | I just intended to take a quick look and then leave , but Stella 's illness seemed to complicate my departure . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ Cameron always did take a hard line on these things , ’ she tells her . |
| 6 | ‘ But then , Ryan always did take a very good photograph . ’ |
| 7 | WELSHMAN Nicky Piper hardly had to take a punch in beating Argentinian Miguel Maldonado to win the WBA Penta-Continental title at Manchester 's Free Trade Hall . |
| 8 | Art also began to take a distinctive style and many surviving examples combine elements of subtlety , barbaric splendour and beauty . |
| 9 | The curriculum in secondary schools also began to take a predictable shape , mathematics , English , RE and PE for all plus a ‘ choice ’ from six option columns . |
| 10 | The operation also entailed taking a huge swathe of land permanently to allow repairs and maintenance to take place and would disrupt farming much more than pylons would . |
| 11 | Mr O'Connor said the campaign so far had taken a lot of time and effort , with mixed results . |
| 12 | Her feet felt like leaden weights , but she eventually managed to take a step , and then another , one hand held out in front of her to feel for the bed . |
| 13 | Angered by the incident , Blower demanded a written apology and then threatened to take a writ out against McAvennie . |
| 14 | Afterwards Jacques Poos , the Luxembourg Foreign Minister , declared that President Gorbachev said that " he would continue on the path to reform even if he sometimes had to take a detour " . |
| 15 | He was only 21 when he answered the call : a young man from a comfortable background who only months earlier had taken an interest in politics for the first time . |
| 16 | The same themes were reechoed in the second decade of the sixteenth century , when the government again began to take an interest in restraining enclosure , and attempted , sometimes successfully , to restore land from pasture to tillage . |
| 17 | He wanted to know whether they would be prepared to take payment for what they produced after everyone else had taken a cut . |
| 18 | That too had taken a little getting used to . |
| 19 | I certainly had to take a couple of unofficial breaks and we were very glad when we stopped for food and drink . |
| 20 | You never minded taking a risk , and , of course , that 's what it is . |
| 21 | ‘ I absolutely refused to take a penny from him when we split up . |