Example sentences of "[vb past] take [art] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Indeed western European governments in general seemed to take the same view . |
| 2 | They then went and beat Sheff U ( big deal ) , on a night when no-one else played so they temporarily extended the lead to 15 points , and the bookies decided to take no more bets on them . |
| 3 | After tearing both my ACL and MCL ( medial collateral ligament ) in a skiing accident last season , I decided to take the latter course and found that I could ski relatively safely with the aid of a brace . |
| 4 | Well , he kept taking a few sips and peeping around the door to spy out the whereabouts of the principal . |
| 5 | However , convincing myself the pebbles I was climbing on would n't pull out did take a little time . |
| 6 | I found out how well after a serious filter failure while away , but it did take a few days for the lethargic specimen to return to full health . |
| 7 | It did take a few minutes to get used to the cutting action of steadying the saw on it shoe , starting the motor , then gradually starting the cut by pivoting down with the blade , but it was a knack soon acquired . |
| 8 | The Politburo , meeting on 17 December , welcomed the agreement as ‘ historic ’ ; and Soviet public opinion , according at least to some rapidly-conducted opinion polls , appeared to take the same view . |
| 9 | The whole performance had taken no more than a minute , but in that time he 'd succeeded in turning the Chamber 's table into a fish-market gutter . |
| 10 | The whole operation had taken no more than a few minutes . |
| 11 | His re-creation — like the creating of Adam on the first day — had taken a little time . |
| 12 | They could add more tea once he had taken a few sips . |
| 13 | She had been horrified at the botch Ruth made of it and Ruth had begun to wish that she had taken a few of Hester 's proffered lessons . |
| 14 | The whole operation had taken a few seconds only , a little huddle of activity in all of which the discreet entry of Liz Spalding to the house had had a good chance of going unnoticed by any distant , watching eyes . |
| 15 | Rona and he had taken a few round one afternoon , drinking endless cups of tea and listening to platitudes ; a pattern of conversation with all the formality of a dance , first the weather , and then naive politics of the cost of living . |
| 16 | It had taken a few days to persuade her ladyship to accept change , for she had for so long been used to living in squalor that she could not at first accustom herself to an altered way of life . |
| 17 | On this question all social grades had taken the same line — the need to seize local gentry estates . |
| 18 | As soon as he 'd switched the light off , Zeno had taken the same route through the yard as Sophie had done a little earlier . |
| 19 | Three of her friends — also nurses — had taken the same route a few minutes before . |
| 20 | No tape recorder , no camera , questions strictly limited to her professional life , the right not to answer , the chance to okay quotes , no absurd leather trousers , accompanied at the interview by a trusted associate — if only her predecessors , who are equally distinguished publishers after all , had taken the same precautions . |
| 21 | The Sunday School sat in the North Aisle and everyone had to take the same seat week by week . |