Example sentences of "[coord] [pers pn] take a " in BNC.
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| 1 | And you say what we want to hear , or you take a long walk . |
| 2 | An individual 's attitude to the question of the political context in which the legal system operates will depend on whether he or she takes a supportive attitude to the political status quo or wishes to challenge it . |
| 3 | As this is no longer a public holiday , many people arrange either to work on a Bank Holiday in order to have this day off or they take a day of their holiday allocation . |
| 4 | Both had ended in the humiliation of that brawl at a dance and me taking a swing at a hapless policeman . |
| 5 | It was after nine o'clock when I reached Valladolid , and I took a taxi to the Hotel Moderno . |
| 6 | ‘ I slipped it in my pocket and forgot about it till one day when I was down at yon ford and I took a swig and , by God , it 's potent . ’ |
| 7 | Alan and I took a lot of meetings … in Londonderry , Coleraine , Portglenone . |
| 8 | Bernard and I took a taxi to a hostel . |
| 9 | There were all sorts of things going on with the WTA board , and I took a leadership position there . |
| 10 | So I closed the top of the copier and I took a blank piece of paper and again I concentrated on the idea of this woman 's surprise and then transfixion when she saw my memo until I was hard again . |
| 11 | And I took a walk along our side-road just to check . |
| 12 | Because I took midwifery and I took a little bit of erm school nursing and general you know , so that I was capable take a district on Anglesey . |
| 13 | If you must know — Silas and I took a short walk along the track — ’ |
| 14 | Harvey and I took a cab to Pavlov Street . |
| 15 | And , I was expecting you and I took a a bag full of clothes just to try |
| 16 | That , I remember , caused humorous embarrassment one evening when Graham , sipping a beer on his balcony , spotted through frosted glass Suzie and I taking a shower together . |
| 17 | A friend and I take a stall at an indoor market once a week . |
| 18 | Almost by reflex , McIlvanney and I take a corner table , and open up on the safe territory of swapping recriminations about our country 's lack of respect for the trade . |
| 19 | I lift my head and I take a breath . |
| 20 | and I take a drink , but hard drugs misused drugs it just must be shu he sheer hell ! |
| 21 | ‘ The truth is , ’ Rosa began , in her most teacherly tones , ‘ that when you want a man , and you look around and you ca n't see the one you like , you go into the kitchen , and you take a pound of the whitest flour , a pound of the whitest sugar , a pound of the most refined fat you have , and a flask of rosewater and a handful of raisins , another of currants , half a pound of almonds ground to paste , a squeeze of lemon-juice , a pinch of cinnamon and a sprinkle of powdered clove . |
| 22 | You make a withdrawal , they take it away and let's say you can go overdrawn , so you 've got eighty pound in the building society , and you take a hundred out , how much have you got left now ? |
| 23 | You provide a wide range of personal services and you take a keen and active interest in important issues such as health and safety , child care , training , and the environment . |
| 24 | and go around there , well , going back to this one , you 're bearing , right , you 're at S and you take a bearing on this ship , J , and the bearing is two hundred and twenty five degrees , now the one ship at J takes a bearing on you , and he gets forty five degrees , well that angle , there , is always the same as that one |
| 25 | I go back and sit down again , and she takes a hold of my hand and squeezes it like she 's saying sorry or summat . |
| 26 | Someone passed her a fresh joint and she took a deep drag , feeling the smoke burn her throat . |
| 27 | She 's actually a really nice woman and she took a lot of time to really explain to me what was going on with her at that time . |
| 28 | About this time a new librarian , Suzy Chaplin , arrived at our school and she took a keen interest in anything the students were doing . |
| 29 | Emily was being handed down to stand before the light-filled doorway of the Assembly Rooms and she took a deep breath of anticipation , this was her night , the night she was to be accepted as an adult and she would make the most of it . |
| 30 | I passed the pack and she took a small gold lighter from her purse . |