Example sentences of "[pron] take a [adj] interest " in BNC.
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| 1 | While I was in Germany I took a special interest in the treatment of creative men and women who had lost direction and in some way broken down . |
| 2 | Last year I took a special interest in Arrow , believing it to be the major threat to Transworld . |
| 3 | You must understand , however , that I take a great interest in poor Hyde . |
| 4 | Any that might would be warned off by Australia , which takes a protective interest in its former colony . |
| 5 | Waldron refers to a justification of property along these lines as a right-based argument for private property , which he defines as ‘ an argument which takes an individual interest to be sufficiently important in itself to justify holding others ( especially the government ) to be under duties to create , secure , maintain , or respect an institution of private property ’ . |
| 6 | I know that my hon. Friend , who takes a close interest in these matters , understands the importance to Bristol and to British Aerospace of this decision and this order . |
| 7 | ‘ She is a lovely lady who takes a great interest in people , ’ said Miss George . |
| 8 | Debbie said : ‘ She is a lovely lady who takes a great interest in people . |
| 9 | To establish good communication with the guests is part of this job ; they are paying for service and how much nicer that service is if it is given with a smile by a person who takes a personal interest ! |
| 10 | She took a great interest in the Factota scheme , and helped the other two to make out a rough draft of the ‘ handbill ’ that Mr Dare had suggested . |
| 11 | She took a great interest in the kitchen garden too , and calculated with pleasure how many greengages and damsons they would have , how many cherries and pears and strawberries . |
| 12 | About this time a new librarian , Suzy Chaplin , arrived at our school and she took a keen interest in anything the students were doing . |
| 13 | In those countries she visited not only ancient monuments and museums but also factories , prisons , and orphanages , in which she took a keen interest . |
| 14 | Picking up the menu , she took an avid interest in the desserts . |
| 15 | Adams was a kindly man who took a keen interest in his staff and his fellow men . |
| 16 | Lowther was a confirmed Londoner and absentee landlord who took a keen interest in the detailed affairs of his estate . |
| 17 | Robinson was an able engineer and administrator who took a keen interest in his men and their working conditions , especially those of locomotive footplate staff , whose spartan conditions he improved considerably . |
| 18 | ‘ He was a very caring person who took a great interest in the people in the business , he was very thoughtful . |
| 19 | One of the few surviving descriptions of the old house is by Dr. John Wallis who took a scientific interest in the extraordinary chimneys . |
| 20 | In Mandalay , Kington drove round with an Australian who took a detached interest while overtaking a pair of cyclists in line abreast , pedalling hand-in-hand all over the road . |
| 21 | Dexter remembered that Blufton had a reputation as an executive who took a direct interest in the programmes his company made . |
| 22 | David Lodge was another established British academic and writer who took an early interest in formalist and structuralist methods and principles . |
| 23 | Three years later , he emigrated with his parents to Israel , yet became a frequent commuter to the major musical centres of Europe , where he caught the eye of such musical heavyweights as Edwin Fischer , Wilhelm Furtwangler and ( most especially ) Arthur Rubinstein , who took an immense interest in the young pianist and arranged for him to be represented by his agent , the legendary Sol Hurok . |
| 24 | All the things that you take a curious interest in when you are lying under a car after a road accident , waiting for the ambulance to arrive and thinking that you 'd far rather be anywhere else but there . |
| 25 | The unique thing is the involvement of the Apprenticeship Committee , who take a personal interest in all the participants . ’ |
| 26 | This show was most generously sponsored for the fourth year running by Next , who take a keen interest in the RCA . |
| 27 | A course for intermediate adult learners of English who take a practical interest in business and economic affairs . |
| 28 | Although the House of Commons has always contained some MPs who take an informed interest in the subject , they are in a small minority , irrespective of Party allegiance , being heavily outnumbered by those who are guided more by what they sense to be the prevailing expectations of the public . |
| 29 | Indeed it will probably be harmful , for at the very least the interviewer will expect you to take a positive interest in the job on offer and in the company . |
| 30 | It is quite common to find them taking an unusual interest in pets , putting on weight , complaining of backache and toothache , or being faddy about food — behaviour more usually associated with pregnant women . |