Example sentences of "[noun] [vb past] [adv] take [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Soviet policymakers had generally taken little interest in the colonial or newly independent world during the Stalin years . |
| 2 | The committee decided not to take any further action against four of the five senators . |
| 3 | One approach is to hire a sociologist to peer into the black box ( the quotation from Heusch 1981 : 423 , and p. 46 in this book about the role of the sociologist is apposite here ) , in a similar way to anthropologists who sought to tell colonial administrators how to avoid irritating the people they governed ( although , according to Feuchtwang 1973 , the administrators did not take much notice of what they had to say ) . |
| 4 | JOANNA Greenside did not take any chances . |
| 5 | In Russia too , where ideas of linear formation had never taken such deep root as in the West , attack in column became , in the hands of generals such as Suvorov , a weapon capable of achieving great results . |
| 6 | Old Jane had n't take enough trouble to make it proper and wash all the buttermilk out . |
| 7 | Artemis had sometimes taken this run when out with her cowardly cousins , although she would always jump the open ditch and hedge while her cousins were fumbling with the gate . |
| 8 | I could n't read a reference in the Annual Report to a review of the this matter , or an agreement that the Council had actually taken this on board , and it was operating . |
| 9 | Japanese troops advanced rapidly to take most of the main cities of China — Beijing , Canton ( Guangzhou ) , Shanghai and , in December 1937 , Nanjing . |
| 10 | The teacher did not take these up but remained ‘ glued ’ to the program as an activity . |
| 11 | The Soviet leader had already taken several unilateral initiatives towards this end . |
| 12 | At the age of 83 , Mr. Collar had just taken some ladies to the village hall for an over-60s afternoon when he collapsed in the car park . |
| 13 | Amanda rolled over taking most of the duvet with her ; it was easier to let her have more than her fair share . |
| 14 | I note that the hon. Gentleman did not take this ideal opportunity to deny that he may have been involved in the passing to the press of a bogus document about the alleged future of InterCity . |
| 15 | Party managers had not taken any chances , though . |
| 16 | The mother of one of the teenage victims said that ‘ although many Press reports had treated the case as a racial attack , the court had not taken that attitude and she felt that was correct ’ . |
| 17 | At Great Dunmow Inspector Martin Reed said often people did not take enough care when leaving their cars , which could remain unlocked , or with keys in the ignition . |
| 18 | But Joe did not take any notice . |
| 19 | I have checked with our Information Services manager and he tells me that Wimpey did not take any photographs of military airfields prior to or during the war years . |
| 20 | The court refused to allow the claim , holding that the clause ( imposing an exorbitant charge ) was particularly onerous and unusual and the library had not taken all reasonable steps to bring it to the attention of the agency . |
| 21 | One man came in took all his clothes off , tried on a load of things and walked out in them . |
| 22 | Sir Dick was criticised for helping various spy authors with their books but the Government decided not to take any action . |
| 23 | Dosh and Freddie did n't take much persuading but Chase thankfully declined saying that parties did n't like him . |
| 24 | A brother delivered up to death indeed , if another man had not taken that road before him . |
| 25 | Cripps had already taken this view of the New Progressive Group . |
| 26 | " Jim did n't take that money . |
| 27 | Dr Javed , advising on the Civil Service had six enquiries but could n't understand why students did n't take more advantage of a unique opportunity to talk with Salford graduates already established in the field they probably intended entering themselves . |
| 28 | Hence the EC did not take any significant steps towards establishing the Common Market , despite the fact that the Treaty of Rome clearly committed the member states to achieving this objective . |
| 29 | This policy meant that the USA did not take any special steps to control her deficit but instead allowed the balance of payments to deteriorate . |
| 30 | Bishop did n't take much persuading . |