Example sentences of "[vb past] take [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | All of this involved taking both parents ’ sex cells with their half-complement of DNA signals in the chromosomes , and bringing them together so that the cells could clamp on to each other and start dividing and growing . |
| 2 | He tried to take two dogs on . |
| 3 | The stench of damp that enveloped her was noxious ; she tried to take short breaths . |
| 4 | I tried to take some pictures but I scrapped them , they did n't come near to showing how I felt . ’ |
| 5 | I tried to take some pictures but I scrapped them , they did n't come near to showing how I felt . ’ |
| 6 | At the 1983 election the Conservatives promised to take fresh powers to curb local recalcitrance . |
| 7 | Last May just days before his finals he telephoned his mother in Singapore to say he 'd taken 200 pills . |
| 8 | The inquest into his death found he 'd taken nine times the usual dose of LSD … but recorded an open verdict . |
| 9 | a proper one , hi Holly , alright love , so I went , left it and then I went called back last night after college and he said oh I have n't done it yet come on he said we 'll whiz it on the band saw , put it on the band saw and he 'd taken two nails out that you could n't see you know the , the old stamped cast iron ones , the ends had snapped off |
| 10 | So was Mrs Keble , who 'd taken eight pounds odd on the tombola . |
| 11 | He looked as if he 'd taken both barrels into his chest at very close range . |
| 12 | She 'd taken some clothes , though scarcely enough , even for three days . |
| 13 | It seemed to take two lifetimes for the group to climb past them , but finally they passed from sight if not sound . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | Taken together , Carter 's handling of economic affairs , the hostage crisis and foreign policy in general combined to give him ‘ the lowest job approval ratings of any president since Gallup began taking these measurements in the 1940s ’ . |
| 16 | As the Soviets became involved in a long struggle with Afghan guerrillas , similar in some respects to America 's involvement in Vietnam , Carter began to take punitive measures against Moscow but without fully consulting his NATO allies . |
| 17 | I began to take daily photographs just to see , at the end of the month , how much had moved without one noticing . |
| 18 | At first I observed , then began to take some lessons . |
| 19 | POLICEMAN Brian Yinger has been suspended and ordered to take psychiatric tests because he writes the figure seven with a line through the downstroke . |
| 20 | You are n't the same person since you started taking those things , Clare . |
| 21 | What , you 've only had them since you started taking those tablets ? |
| 22 | ‘ When I started taking those wickets last summer , I began did begin to think I had a chance of representing my country but , to be truthful , I did n't think it could be more than the England A side . |
| 23 | These all turned out to be negative and the examining doctor decided to take rectal samples when she returned for her results as he felt she would be unlikely to come back a third time . |
| 24 | On Saturday 16 February SPAG decided to take legal proceedings against Mogul , as they feared the company would continue to do nothing to rectify the situation . |
| 25 | He subsequently decided to take holy orders in the Church of England and in 1836 entered St David 's College , Lampeter . |
| 26 | Lunn was later promoted to General Assistant and in 1891 he started to take geological photographs in the field . |
| 27 | Juliet started to take some books from her bag . |
| 28 | Donaghy admitted taking five pairs of jeans , value £185 and £1,000 worth of other clothing as well as £540 in cash . |
| 29 | He should have finished at university long ago , but he kept taking extra courses , changing subjects and things . |
| 30 | I kept taking quick glances but you always looked inscrutable . |