Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] take [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I mean to take another example er and this illustrates Mary-Jane 's point about it , it can be conscious , is is n't there a tendency would n't you say John for Clinton to see himself as Kennedy returned ? |
| 2 | I mean to take drastic action in this matter , I assure you . |
| 3 | ‘ I tried to take some pressure off him by saying if we saw him before Christmas it would be a bonus . |
| 4 | ‘ I want to take another look at the gibbons . |
| 5 | If there are any factual errors ( or , more likely , lies ) I want to take careful note of them , and correct the record later . |
| 6 | ‘ I want to take this opportunity of thanking you , Mr … , and all the doctors and nurses here who have shown so much kindness to me . |
| 7 | I want to take this tape out really when I gone out to Asda . |
| 8 | I was carrying wall units and I 'd taken fourteen wall units one after another up two flights of stairs . |
| 9 | ‘ If I 'd taken more trouble with economics I might have been more effective as Prime Minister . |
| 10 | Anyway , all that — and the Rogan Josh , which I 'd took real sweat over right down to serving it with iced bottles of Kingfisher lager and quarters of lime and rice fried with egg and to hell with the risk of salmonella — was before Billy Tuckett dropped in . |
| 11 | After the course , I began taking more interest in how other departments were tackling quality assurance . |
| 12 | Having put down the bottle , but still entranced by the ( to my nose at any rate ) sweet , dulcet tones of the essence , I decided to take another whiff to convince myself I had not really been dreaming . |
| 13 | It was during my fourth visit to Rhodesia that I managed to take some time off . |
| 14 | Now I keep taking this Shelabruse it clears , and it comes back . |
| 15 | ‘ We sha n't be here much longer — if I do take this job , only another month . |
| 16 | I 'm still conscious of what I wear , I have n't completely lost track of fashion , but I do take more care now to see that my body is well covered , especially my head . |
| 17 | Nice chap and he teaches creative writing in Glasgow , used to be a teacher then a teacher trainer and then I think took early retirement and he does this but made the point that he simply uses it for extra income for pleasure and interest as opposed I suppose to a way of writing you know so |
| 18 | I 'd spent so much time on my own , sitting watching birds , or reading about them or drawing them , that I did n't make many friends , and those I had took second place to the birds . |
| 19 | Since my episode with Moustaine during the first week of training , I had taken due care with my backside ; but others had n't got the point . |
| 20 | Apart from wanting the law or whatever to catch up with him ( which it did n't ) , I had taken little notice , and no interest , in John 's furtive and elaborate preparations for travel — the series of interviews with the Reverend Kreditor , for example . |
| 21 | I wished for the first time that I had taken that knife and turned it on Nour and let his blood . |
| 22 | If she or I had taken more trouble I might have been convinced that all religious people were cruel hypocrites . |
| 23 | Bad industrial relations had been the curse of the country for as long as I had taken any interest in politics ; although the reform of trade union law was essential , further steps were also needed . |
| 24 | yeah , erm , I do n't quite know what to do about this , this is , I 've taken some stuff out , if I can slide it down the |
| 25 | I have n't really had a vacation , this is the first time I 've taken some time off and I barely got here ; just because of the pace of the world , especially last year . |
| 26 | Starting off with paragraph thirty three of P P G three , , erm you 'll see in my statement that I 've actually in seeking to address point A dealt with each of the conditions that P P G three er refers to , for which a new settlement should be contemplated , and you will see that I 've reached a conclusion that having regarded the unique circumstances of York , the Greater York new settlement does represent an appropriate and justified policy response , you 'll se also see my statement , I 've taken some comfort from the fact that the good practice guide that has been published by the department of the environment , has endorsed the approach that North Yorkshire County Council has taken towards the special circumstances of the Greater York area . |
| 27 | ‘ I 've taken another envelope : it 'll do for the next batch of typescript . ’ |
| 28 | I need to take immediate action … |
| 29 | I have to take each day as it comes . |
| 30 | On the other hand , I am a girl who likes a bit of old-fashioned interest taken in her , and I do get cheesed when I have to take second place , especially when it 's to a dead widow of seventy-odd … ’ |