Example sentences of "takes [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They are enjoying themselves but that takes nothing away from me . |
| 2 | The scrutiny takes nothing for granted but looks directly at what actually happens at all levels of the area under study . |
| 3 | Scotch Whisky … the world 's leading natural drink … can only be called Scotch if it is distilled and matured in Scotland … a natural drink … distilled in a land of great natural beauty … it takes nothing from nature which nature will not readily replace . |
| 4 | This is the only fault which I can find in his character though it bears little importance as it takes nothing away from the readers ' love of him and may even increase it due to his helplessness . |
| 5 | Work as the fancy takes me , he wrote . |
| 6 | I am half-pissed and brilliant , Francis takes me for egg and chips and strong tea and tells me to give it up . |
| 7 | Before waiting for an answer she takes me by the hand and leads me on to the dance floor . |
| 8 | A girl who 's managed to stay alive for a whole year takes me aside and passes on the two basic rules of survival : 1 ) Never get separated from the others . |
| 9 | In my third memory my mother takes me to see Chaplin 's Limelight . |
| 10 | I find it very depressing because it takes me away from the constructive side of the business and into being a sort of financial PR and being defensive . |
| 11 | It just takes me out of the house for an hour or two . ’ |
| 12 | It takes me many minutes to sort it out , as each released dog shows marked enthusiasm for getting tangled up again . |
| 13 | Like when we go to the laundrette , or she takes me to the swimming baths to have a hot shower . |
| 14 | It 's long and shiny and it takes me ages to do it . |
| 15 | When I wake up , I know summat 's up when I open my eyes and see it 's all bright , but it takes me a minute to remember where I am . |
| 16 | It takes me quite a while to go through them cos I check every one careful like . |
| 17 | It takes me a little time to get calm again . |
| 18 | There 's a lot of traffic here and it takes me quite a bit to cross all the roads to get to where I want . |
| 19 | It takes me a bit to remember where I am . |
| 20 | One of his daughters takes me to borrow the telephone of a surly neighbour , who insists I pay for the call . |
| 21 | This takes me into another key word and it is education . |
| 22 | This takes me into my second point : Advent means that through Christ this world has a destiny because God has poured into it his hope . |
| 23 | This takes me into atonement as vicarious love . |
| 24 | Mum takes me to the doctor , our village doctor , who weighs me and mumbles about taking dieting too far and makes me an appointment as an outpatient at the hospital . |
| 25 | Mum takes me only because I mentioned to her that my periods have stopped . |
| 26 | It takes me half an hour to get from my home in North London to Heathrow Airport via the M25 . |
| 27 | THE next leg of my journey takes me the short drive to Regensburg and from there I follow a minor road to Cham , last stop before the German-Czech border post . |
| 28 | Like middle age , this takes me unawares , for even when I have noticed that single paragraph on the front page of newspapers , I still ca n't work out what is happening . |
| 29 | ‘ Whereas I would play twice over a weekend , it now takes me until Tuesday to get over a match . ’ |
| 30 | This thought cheers me up , gives me fresh power , so I surge on again past Boots , towards the Library , ready to turn on to the New North Road that takes me back home . |