Example sentences of "[verb] he take [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Or has he taken this statement from a book or article written by someone else ?
2 So I told him to take these tablets and says if he felt no better he 'd better get to doctors , well he did n't even move out of bed , apart from summat to eat
3 He broke two of my teeth extracting them but he says they 're out clean , when I told him to take another X-ray of it .
4 To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what recent representations he has received urging him to take new action to combat racist attacks .
5 " Funny , being a bird-watcher , " a boy called Cosgrave had once said and Stephen had made him take that back , twisting his arm until he agreed to .
6 And I 'll just , just discuss briefly two of the cases that he uses and they 're , you know , they 're , they 're old now , I have n't read the most recent edition of his book , he might have updated his case studies but it does n't really matter he takes two cases er one relating to erm the conduct of the Korean war in the nineteen fifties , and the other relating to the desegregation of southern schools , also in the nineteen fifties , as examples of presidential power .
7 Did you see him taking those shots every time .
8 The psychiatrist has told him to take three pints of lager .
9 They tell him to take another wife .
10 Darren Huddleson from Ireland may be wheelchair-bound , but that did n't stop him taking four rides on the newly-opened Splash mountain , a fast log-flume ride with an almost vertical drop .
11 It seemed unlikely that the undertaker had troubled sufficiently about those who survived him to take such precautions , but no one could speak with confidence of what had passed through the mind of this man whose deepest preoccupations seemed to be represented by a few scored lines in a medical book and a little bundle of poems .
12 According to Eadmer , it was a small incident which opened Anselm 's eyes to the true state of affairs , and made him realize that the king would in no circumstances allow him to take any action beyond the routine of his episcopal duties .
13 ‘ In fact , I believe he took some photographs at the party . ’
14 If I can make him take another step he will come alongside Ludo .
15 The exhibition not only demonstrated many old ideas , but also at least one new one — Mr Preshous ' original idea of hiring a light aeroplane to enable him to take aerial photographs of the route .
16 Whereas , taking him taking one guy a week for a week , is putting no-one in jeopardy and giving somebody a decent wage for a week .
17 As we had referred to Turkey and the fact that Margaret and I had met there , and as we knew he took great interest in genuine peasant culture , we showed him some Turkish embroidery and in particular two typical Turkish saddle-bags , which we had transformed into cushions .
18 ‘ You think he took that way ?
19 A clue to his role may be found in the fact that only seven times did he take five wickets in an innings and never once ten in a match .
20 Failure to file the annual return alerts the Registrar and enables him to take appropriate steps leading to the companies ' removal from the register .
21 When had he taken any delight in killing ?
22 Mr Hannis said he took two people in for ten weeks .
23 Mr Mulroney said he took unpopular steps for the country 's good , privatising state companies and lowering inflation and fiscal deficits .
24 GEORGE Tyson is not a gambling man nor does he take unnecessary risks .
25 This mobilization , it was claimed , served to warn Gorbachev of disaffection in the top ranks of the Red Army over his reforms , and to make him take greater account of military opinion in formulating policy .
26 Also , I ca n't imagine him taking any woman out into deep woods for sex .
27 Agassi is , like Becker one of those players who plays straight from the heart , and unless he sorts out what stops him taking winning opportunities — on an emotional as well as technical level — he may never fulfil his incredible potential .
28 Those who identify him take some pleasure in the thought that this sturdy independent was also the pensioner of the Empress Catherine the Great .
29 He claims he took this picture of Mrs Hilali in Dahouk in Kurdistan last January when he says he saw her helping refugees .
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