Example sentences of "[pron] [noun sg] take [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the present case , I for my part take that view . |
| 2 | Photos of my mum taken twenty-five years ago could be of me , we look so alike — but she does think I 'm too scruffy . |
| 3 | force my opponent to take some action that he currently is not taking ? |
| 4 | My father took one side , perhaps it was the right side and perhaps it was the wrong side . |
| 5 | My companion took this opportunity to hide himself in his papers . |
| 6 | Whether my knowledge that I shall some day die , that a nuclear war is likely sooner or later , that alcohol will kill me , that another person is suffering , does move me in one direction or another , depends on the extent of my disposition to take these things into account in choices , on awareness which may spontaneously vary from one moment to the next and be sustainable only by an effort of will . |
| 7 | When I got home my dad took one look at it and said , you look like a bleeding nancy boy . |
| 8 | Students are also able to extend their course to take extra credits should they not meet degree requirements within the standard three or four years , again by returning part-time . |
| 9 | Weeks of legal bickering by Pakistan lawyers have left the International Cricket Council fuming about their inability to take firm action over the damaging saga . |
| 10 | When Kimi lost the babies last April , her sister took four days off . |
| 11 | The poor in all countries struggle against the domestic and global forces that oppress them and their resistance takes many forms . |
| 12 | In so far as cost-of-funds matters lead to Japanese competitive advantage , it is more likely to be due to their willingness to take greater risks because of the low relative cost reported by Prowse ( 1986 ) and confirmed by Hodder ( 1986 ) , rather than a propensity to disregard DCF . |
| 13 | It can either tough it out , claiming virtue in its readiness to take hard decisions in the national interest ; or it can assemble safeguards and concessions and proclaim compassion for the neediest . |
| 14 | The Iraqi Industry Ministry announced its intention to take legal measures against UK , Greek , Italian and Turkish authorities which had " illegally " confiscated non-military material bound for Iraq . |
| 15 | This remedy is similar to Aconite but lacks its febrile excitement and is slower in pace , its onset taking several days and often beginning in the evening . |
| 16 | The Games Administration Committee , who sometime ago reiterated their determination to take strong action in relation to off the ball incidents , have obviously decided that Carr 's action merited severe censure . |
| 17 | The majority of contemporary social anthropologists regards the distinction between " primitive " man and man in general as anachronistic and untenable , yet to the newcomer it must seem that their methods of research and the themes to which they devote most of their attention take this distinction for granted . |
| 18 | Notwithstanding this , at the First Latin American Communist Congress in Buenos Aires in June 1929 , the Comintern delegate castigated the Mexicans for their failure to take effective advantage of the situation . |
| 19 | For example the considerable criticism of the police response to domestic disputes ‘ mainly related to their failure to take effective action by arresting men who assault their wives and girl friends ’ ( Shapland and Hobbs 1989 ) is largely determined by wider social factors pertaining to the historical role and place of women in society . |
| 20 | Another criticism of the use of GDFCF as an appropriate measure of productive investment concerns its failure to take any account of variations in the rate at which past investment is ‘ scrapped ’ . |
| 21 | Many of the people visited do not receive financial help from the Society — their poverty takes other forms , e.g , bereavement , loneliness , hospitalisation , being housebound , — the list is endless . |
| 22 | But they was living at Trebyan up to when Matthew got married ; then their father took that house in P'nzance next to the shop . |
| 23 | The sexy Batman Returns star says that up until now she has been too busy chasing her career to take any time off . |
| 24 | On receipt of a formal complaint the Inspectorate is required to investigate the problem and direct their inspector to take such proceedings ‘ as they think fit and just ’ . |
| 25 | Would her bonnet take more ribbon , or perhaps a flower or two , to give her height ? |
| 26 | The food was not very nice ; the regiment of cutlery ranged either side of her plate took any appetite away . |
| 27 | Her training took long hours . |
| 28 | Her walk took two hours , until she reached the hill overlooking the Valley of the Great Dairies . |
| 29 | In addition , where an odour arises from a works on which many people rely for employment the decision whether to complain or not is influenced by the realisation that should a local authority press their employer to take costly steps to abate the odour , it could result in closure of the works with consequent loss of employment . |
| 30 | With only one medical officer on hand , their release took some time . |