Example sentences of "[subord] i take the " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ He played it into the side but it powered off again and he complained that his arms were hurting , so I took the rod back from him and landed the fish , ’ he added . |
| 2 | I often used to read it when we were in action and , believe it or not , every time I took up the book it opened at page 92 , although I have never deliberately read that page , as far as I can remember — so I took the hint and wrote … ’ |
| 3 | I had been quite spoilt by now and anyway I had had my fill of walking alongside modern day roads , so I took the bus to Lochranza . |
| 4 | I thought her hair was a lovely colour so I took the remains of the bottle and the other things , thanked her and returned next door . |
| 5 | Not knowing much about bird first-aid , I was n't sure what to do , so I took the bird home . |
| 6 | I knew you would want to see them , Captain — Mr Andropulos seems very anxious to see you — and I know you do n't like unauthorized people on the bridge so I took the liberty of putting the four gentlemen and the two young ladies in the wardroom . |
| 7 | Then seeing this was inadequate , continued , ‘ He was ready to take the removes from the ovens , so I took the kidneys in . |
| 8 | I knew it would n't hurt me to see how a gallery really functions , so I took the job . |
| 9 | ‘ Would it make you feel any better if I took the cardigan down to her , ’ said Yanto . |
| 10 | ‘ And if I took the classes then you would take me onto your books ? ’ |
| 11 | If I took the food away from her too often , though , there was a danger she would lose interest , so I had to give in to her a few times . |
| 12 | I thought it might help if I took the flowers off him , so I reached out and lifted them carefully , holding the stem ends away from me . |
| 13 | If I took the children there it would be a real breach . |
| 14 | But he said he 'd pay me a fiver if I took the fish out for a bit of fresh air in the hope that it might drop off to sleep . |
| 15 | If I take the Metro you can almost see the petrol gauge dying in front of you . ’ |
| 16 | If I take the wings of the morning and |
| 17 | I shall only be able to convince another person that such-and-such is the case if I take the trouble to present evidence which is available to both my challenger and myself . |
| 18 | " But I suppose one of us ought to stay awake ; and if I take the first turn it 'll give me a chance to have a look at your paw , Hlao-roo . |
| 19 | If I take the rest away and try and Who normally sticks one in the library , or |
| 20 | And if I take the book away , and so the pen is trying to push the book over . |
| 21 | If I take the time necessary for pupils to really understand a topic , then I will certainly have trouble exposing them to everything that is expected . |
| 22 | For instance if I take the sentence ‘ I woke up late this morning ’ the items present in the sequence are obviously different from one another ; but according to Saussurean theory we make sense of this sentence by implicitly relating it to items which are absent from the sequence but equivalent to those in it , for instance ‘ You went down early that afternoon ’ . |
| 23 | ‘ But if I take the job , ’ she blurted , goaded by the idea that he found her lack of sophistication amusing , ‘ it wo n't be because I like the house . |
| 24 | ‘ Sharon , sweetheart , I hope you wo n't mind terribly if I take the passenger seat ? ’ |
| 25 | Erm if you er if I take the Greater York area for example , erm if you er if I take the Greater York area for example , the County Council erm have included in their figure of four thousand seven hundred and ten units , no new allocations , is my understanding . |
| 26 | Erm if you er if I take the Greater York area for example , erm if you er if I take the Greater York area for example , the County Council erm have included in their figure of four thousand seven hundred and ten units , no new allocations , is my understanding . |
| 27 | . If I take the same example , waiver of premium , erm , and I 'm relating to knowledge that I will have got through the plan your future document , if I use Andrew again if I may , if I say to you , Andrew , erm , you explained earlier that erm , if you 're off work through ill-health , your employer will actually pay you for six months , and then it stops . |
| 28 | Proud until I took the tools from the display card and then pride turned to disappointment for I had expected that the tools would be scaled down versions of Dad 's but the saw was just a piece of tin stamped out — it would n't cut paper and the hammer was similarly made . |
| 29 | I had , until I took the role of the Guild secretary , I , I as I say , I think I would have gone on to being politically , erm but I felt I could n't do both . |
| 30 | Of course , you make sure that Gran is n't about , either : the bathroom door used to be locked until I took the key away … |