Example sentences of "[conj] i take [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | I should say also that I take some comfort from noticing that the judgments were reserved for five months . |
| 3 | Instead , I sent him one of me that I took one weekend , with the sun coming in the window and shining on my hair . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | Accommodation was pretty rough-and-ready but the people were friendly and warm-hearted , and I took endless delight in exploring on foot the wild landscapes of lakes and forest , mountain waterfalls and paths as rich with alpine flowers as a medieval tapestry . |
| 6 | Well , the Dean and I took great joy in disabusing that person of that mistaken view . |
| 7 | Sandy and I took first turn ashore . |
| 8 | As we got round the corner , Jo and I took one look at each other and ran . |
| 9 | A friend and I took one tablet apiece . |
| 10 | The beast did n't appear to have seen me and I took several photographs . |
| 11 | Ron and I take each year as it comes and we always plan for me to run a personal best every season . |
| 12 | ‘ I love our business and I take great pride in it . |
| 13 | that 's right , and he gets some unemployment money and I take ten pounds a week off him , for his food , I mean , it 's not enough but it 'll do , you know and then in dribs and drabs begrudgingly from that forty over the week once he starts to run out of money cos he 's paid once a fortnight I begin to give him his karate money and here 's two pounds fifty to go to the pub with Neil , you know , little bits |
| 14 | We now have trust status , however , and I take this opportunity to congratulate the team on its application . |
| 15 | That this ‘ slippage ’ is so slight is due to the fact that the other Enterprise staff have worked a great deal of extra time and taken on extra responsibilities and I take this opportunity of thanking them for their hard work and support during this period . |
| 16 | A summary of export mission achievements is shown on page 10 of this Report and I take this opportunity to thank all those who have led Scottish Council missions during 1989/90 for their excellent support . |
| 17 | And I take this opportunity to say that , erm , I had , I moved this at budget revue , and my intention was to move erm , pretty much the wording that Mr moved at property , but I was unable to obtain that wording by the time of the meeting , so I put this forward , erm , knowing that it obviously was different words , but but with that same sense , that we do have to address some very real issues about County Farms and not to pussyfoot about it I think that er , any comparison between the County Farms and a commercial enterprise is a coincidence of terms , but I ca n't see how we can have forty million pounds worth of estate , as it 's valued on the free market , to be making two hundred and ninety-one thousand pounds a year out of it , and think that that is commercial . |
| 18 | The national Youth in Transport Competition , now in its third year , also continues to attract interest : this year we had even more entries and sponsors , and I take this opportunity of congratulating all the prizewinners , and of thanking the sponsors of this valuable and far-reaching scheme . |
| 19 | I feel that the facilities provided by the Careers Service have never had greater significance and I take some consolation in knowing that the current team is well structured and dedicated to providing the best possible service in finding careers and fulfilment for graduates from the University ’ . |
| 20 | I have a blister under my right ear , and I take twenty-five drops of laudanum every five hours , the ease and spirits gained by which have enabled me to write you this flighty but not exaggerated account . |
| 21 | If I took First B. Mus. at the College I could go to Oxford and take Second B. Mus. there , and afterwards write my Exercise — as that was financially possible for them . |
| 22 | So , I had a look at the powers of the police authority and they 're restricted to financial and administrative responsibilities and if I took that argument further , of course the Chief Constable has to take that into account . |
| 23 | ‘ Mandy , if I took this bet , you might feel driven to play Cupid . ’ |
| 24 | What would happen if I took less exercise ? |
| 25 | ‘ Ca n't think what would happen to the shop if I take one day off . ’ |
| 26 | If I take one example as more updated version of Hammett and Chandler , one of the most successful writers I think in financial terms in America since the Second World War has been a man called Kenneth Miller , who writes under the name of Ross Macdonald , and has been turning out for , oh , the best part of thirty years now , novels about a Californian private eye called Lou Archer . |
| 27 | So , if I take this bearing , this is a g very common question they have in G C S E , take a bearing from J and it 's forty five degrees , right ? |
| 28 | So I , I always think it , feel it 's a good idea to say to the stallholder , stallholder look , erm if I take this home and try it on and find it wo n't , does n't fit can I bring it back ? |
| 29 | Impulsively now , she put her hand out and laid it on his , saying quietly , ‘ I 'm going to miss you all over again , Ben , that 's if I take this place . ’ |
| 30 | I think if I take this lot to the tip now , I 'll come back |