Example sentences of "[adj] [noun sg] [pers pn] take [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 But in another respect they take issue directly with Richards , following the guidance of Eliot .
2 Are you gon na go up there and get this sauce it takes hour .
3 This month we take look at the harmonised scale of C , with the added major 7th .
4 Out of the morally serious upper middle-class English air he took empiricism and Idealism , the assumption of pre-determined progress and a belief in benevolent intervention , the general English notions of biological evolution and a Comtean conviction in positive altruism and put them together in the service of a liberal socialist ideal .
5 He was commissioned to oversee the burning of the martyr , Snell , at Richmond , and as a zealous Catholic he took part in the Pilgrimage of Grace .
6 As a God-fearing man I took n'heed .
7 He called his future domicile Belmont , for it stood on the high ground , with a view sweeping down through the coconut palms to the shore where he had first landed that night he took possession .
8 On each occasion it took time to warm a new ball .
9 Each month we take note of your letters and try to redress the balance , hoping that over the year we get it just about right .
10 That morning I took time off from the bank to visit Suor Eusebia , who told me exactly what had happened before Eric 's escape .
11 The following headlines are from different cases but the occupational theme remains the same : Headmaster cuddled boys ( Star ) ; Sex shame of a head ( Daily Mirror ) ; SEX SHAME TEACHER IS SENT TO PRISON Assault on his boys ( Sun ) ; Teacher in sex case to appeal ( Middlesex Chronicle ) ; SEX SIR 'S SHAME ( Sun ) ; A TEACHER 'S EVIL LUST He took sex snaps of kids ( Star ) ; Teacher accused ( Star ) ; Child sex offender given job in school ( Daily Mail ) ; KIDDIES POSE IN PORN SHAME : 15 years of sex snaps ( Sun ) ; SEX SHAME OF A HOSTEL CHIEF ( Star ) ; Child expert jailed for sex assaults ( Daily Mail ) ; Mercy for a vicar ( Star ) ; Choirmaster 's shame ( Daily Mail ) ; MINISTER IN SEX CASE FACES SACK ( Star ) ; TV churchman 's sex with sailor ( Sun ) ; A vicar shamed ( Star ) ; Kinky cop 's secret shame ( Daily Mirror ) .
12 With borrowed money he took advantage of an opportunity that presented itself in the 1930s when Oscar Deutch set about forming a third circuit of cinemas — after those of the Rank Organisation and ABC — by buying up the best sites .
13 But in the split second it took Angel Two to cover the few feet between them , Grant reflexively pulled the trigger of the shotgun .
14 But there was one job he took pride in .
15 In the former role they take responsibility for the design , teaching and assessment of individual modules ( see Chapter 5 ) .
16 The first time we took advantage of our basic area potato quota ( 0.5 hectares from the Potato Marketing Board ) , we painstakingly planted , with the children roped in , buckets under arms tripping up and down the ridges , more Scotch seed than potatoes harvested .
17 It is said that one of the merits of ‘ Documenta ’ this time round is that , with four much-travelled curators , it is truly international in its scope , and that for the first time it takes account of artists not operating in the great ‘ art capitals ’ …
18 Often the only time we take notice is when something is wrong .
19 With his right hand he takes hold of his chin .
20 For some cruel reason I took heart from the very ordinariness of her misery .
21 The same afternoon he took tea with Louise de Chavigny in the pale grey and rose pink salon of her house in the Faubourg St-Germain .
22 The intrepid lady traveller Celia Fiennes had a near miss when her horse was nearly sucked into a dyke near Ely in 1698 ; and in the same year she took care to avoid Martin Mere in Lancashire , ‘ that as the proverb sayes has parted many a man and his mare indeed ’ .
23 At the same time they took responsibility for the home , ’ she says .
24 Each year it takes place in different parts of the country and Alan this time , took first place , beating his brother in fourth place and eighty other competitors from throughout Scotland .
25 Then Patrick changed the subject and when they were all away on the new tack he took Rain aside .
26 The reason why of course and I take this as a matter of pride because er not only am I , I think probably the only member of the L S E as published in Nature recently , but erm er the other thing I take pride in is the fact that erm one really ca n't ignore it , because all the time stuff is being published in the world 's leading science journal which is directly relevant to this course and how many other courses are in L S E are like that ?
27 Er , mm , the other time I took stuff down there
28 Jarrow were given a scare at home by bottom Flo when Rob Johnson equalised an early goal from Kevin KcElwey , but from that stage they took command to finish 5–1 in front .
29 A ten For the next hour I took delivery of many additional purchases , the vast majority of which I could n't remember purchasing .
30 On the next day he took Lane with him , together with a woman detective whose services he had borrowed , and went round the corner into Queen Charlotte 's Alley to visit Sarah Fleming .
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