Example sentences of "[noun] [vb past] not take [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The committee decided not to take any further action against four of the five senators . |
| 2 | 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 ) . |
| 3 | JOANNA Greenside did not take any chances . |
| 4 | The teacher did not take these up but remained ‘ glued ’ to the program as an activity . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | Party managers had not taken any chances , though . |
| 7 | 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 ’ . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | But Joe did not take any notice . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | Sir Dick was criticised for helping various spy authors with their books but the Government decided not to take any action . |
| 13 | A brother delivered up to death indeed , if another man had not taken that road before him . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | Beales had not taken any notice of other customers until a man he recognized as MacQuillan came to the next table . |