Example sentences of "[pers pn] [be] take this [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I am taking this opportunity to pay tribute to them for their dedication , time and support over the years . |
| 2 | It was as if he was making a declaration : I am taking this Boy home , this Boy of ours , and this is how I feel about him . |
| 3 | ‘ I am taking this matter up with the DoE Roads Service as a matter of urgency , ’ said Alderman Hugh Smyth . |
| 4 | I do n't think I am taking this line merely because I have been corrupted by a philosophical training and can not come off the fence . |
| 5 | I 've already been asked why on earth I 'm taking this job in a rugby town . |
| 6 | I 'm taking this matter to the highest authority . ’ |
| 7 | If I were to take this gun and shoot … who ? |
| 8 | If you choose to abandon formality ( 'Why do n't we discuss this over a drink ? ' ) then you are playing high status in that you 're taking this decision , and allowing the other person perhaps to rise above their station . |
| 9 | ‘ You 're taking this matter of my workshop far too seriously , ’ she declared . |
| 10 | ‘ I see you 're taking this job extremely seriously , ’ Leo offered sympathetically as he brought her a cup of coffee halfway through the afternoon . |
| 11 | She 's taken this public access show and turned it into something completely entertaining . |
| 12 | They had left her at school as long as they could , because they did n't know what to do with her ; but now she was to take this course and later get a job on a newspaper . |
| 13 | He 'd told her about Valldemosa too , which was why she was taking this route to the north of the island . |
| 14 | If we are to take this speech as accurate reportage within the conventions of deathbed narratives , is there not something a little remarkable in Leapor 's assuring her friend and patron that she has always loved her father , though never so much as now , when she is dying ? |
| 15 | As a result of the amalgamation of ‘ COACH ’ and ‘ SUMS ’ we are taking this opportunity to find out whether the quantity being sent at present meets your requirements . |
| 16 | ‘ We are taking this matter most seriously and as soon as we heard of the involvement of a British national we protested to the head of the Iraqi interests section of the Jordanian embassy in London demanding their release . ’ |
| 17 | Mr Hill added : ‘ We are taking this stage by stage and trying to find the truth . ’ |
| 18 | ‘ We 're taking this sound nationwide . ’ |
| 19 | ‘ As soon as Des gets here we 're taking this doughboy for a ride . |
| 20 | If we 're to take this motion seriously erm the tories are suggesting that council housing should be restricted to those in mo most in need . |
| 21 | Well , it now seemed that there was someone he wanted to see in Glasgow , so he was taking this chance to fit that in . |