Example sentences of "[conj] [pron] take [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Belvoir was not her only house , for her late husband the 9th Duke restored Haddon Hall where she took particular pleasure in the rose terraces . |
| 2 | She was educated at Handsworth Ladies College and at Newnham College , Cambridge , where she took both parts of the natural sciences tripos ( 1887 , 1888 ) , obtaining first-class honours . |
| 3 | We were taken to the XX hospital where they took many photos and asked questions . |
| 4 | Contraction at just one tenth of this rate seemed small beer to astronomers , and was presented by the popular media ( where they took any notice at all ) as another example of a way-out scientific idea that had been undermined by more careful studies . |
| 5 | Monitors frequent both Oriental and Australian regions where they take many forms , including the giant Komodo Dragon on the Indonesian island of that name . |
| 6 | However , they are less obviously to be seen in the academic community as a whole than in the discrete disciplinary sub-cultures , where they take different forms ( Becher 1989 ) . |
| 7 | The evening meal had been re-scheduled for 8.30 p.m. ; and with time to spare , after throwing his own large hold-all on to the counterpane of his single bed , Ashenden joined a few of the other tourists in the Residents ' Lounge , where he took some sheets of the hotel 's own note-paper , and began to write a letter . |
| 8 | A second technique is deconcentration — although functions may be departmentalised in a single central government department , it may nevertheless be desirable for administration to be dispersed from the geographical centre and into the regions and localities where it takes actual effect ‘ on the ground ’ . |
| 9 | Our survey rates Shell most highly for its management quality , where it took first place ( see table 3 ) . |
| 10 | Belgium , he remarked , was a state addicted to backstairs deals and perpetual campaigning , where it took 100 days just to form a government . |
| 11 | I , , be having been elected to the office of Vice Chair , declare that I take that office upon myself and will duly and faithfully fulfil the duties of it according to the best of my judgement and ability . |
| 12 | I should say also that I take some comfort from noticing that the judgments were reserved for five months . |
| 13 | Instead , I sent him one of me that I took one weekend , with the sun coming in the window and shining on my hair . |
| 14 | All right , so I took full responsibility for the organisation of the sale , but there is no way I can be blamed for the outcome . |
| 15 | Now that she took another look at it , it was a rather insignificant sort of nose on which any pair of spectacles might be expected to slip . |
| 16 | I then suggested that she take small steps , one at a time , further into the depths of the cupboard — remembering that this was all in her imagination and that she was still feeling totally relaxed . |
| 17 | Which was good from the point of view that you took thirteen minutes to do the first three and then two minutes to do the last , last three . |
| 18 | ‘ It was after that weekend gig in Zimbabwe — but I seem to remember that you took two weeks ’ leave immediately after that , so perhaps you never knew . |
| 19 | You 've just said that you took one look at Lotta and wanted her without knowing a thing about her , and now you 're telling me exactly the same thing . |
| 20 | ‘ D' you mean to say , Elaine , that you took more notice of her than he did ? ’ |
| 21 | that you take all recommendations |
| 22 | Figs 7 and 8 show a couple of illustrative fingerings ; as you play through these make sure that you take careful note of the formulae that are written underneath the notation . |
| 23 | It very rarely happens that you take several fish in one period and then nothing for the remainder of the time you spend on the water . |
| 24 | You should take with you to the Bank your birth certificates and I suggest that you take some photocopies so that the Bank can forward these to the insurance company with your proposal form so that your ages can be admitted without further delay . |
| 25 | I am not suggesting that you take this model too seriously . |
| 26 | Assuming that you take this advice and collect used paper or cut some to suit your purpose , what next ? |
| 27 | She then felt reluctant to go downstairs to face the man who had so recently been kissing her bare breasts , so she took extra time to straighten the bed where she had almost been willing to — no , longing to make love with Silas , she amended with a burst of mental honesty . |
| 28 | But Sophie loved Felix very much , so she took some money and escaped from her father to search for Felix . |
| 29 | I see , so you take that top wheel off and you have another one underneath where alternative reading |
| 30 | So you map it onto the tuple array and then all the tuples so you take each tuple in in order . |