Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb mod] take [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Good God , I must take holy orders immediately . ’ |
| 2 | Yes , so I thought , I might erm , cos I bought a jumper , I bought a pale blue jumper to go with the flowery leggings , but , I 've decided I 'll take blue jumper back , cos , although it would be alright with plain white trousers I thought that 's all I would wear it with , I would n't wear it with anything else , so , I think I 'll change that , if I get the dark blue leggings like Jamie , then I 'll get the striped jumper the same . |
| 3 | " I 'll take good care of her , " he said . |
| 4 | ‘ I 'll take long journeys on the Circle and District lines . |
| 5 | ‘ I know I wo n't keep doing it at this rate but while I 'm on this streak I 'll take full advantage of it . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ I 'll take full responsibility . ’ |
| 7 | And er after a time , they wanted to know if I 'd take complete charge and I said well yes I said , but what are the men gon na think ? |
| 8 | JC : 1 remember I used to take great pleasure in performing in the Prologue . |
| 9 | And I would take good care to see that it was the end of your career . ’ |
| 10 | If I were a member of a species , highly evolved and perfectly adapted to a life among craggy rocks , pecking out the odd lamb 's eye , devouring a few mice , picking through a nice gamey carcass occasionally , but mostly just hovering gracefully around on thermals below cliffs , I would take great exception to being described as ‘ just ’ a crow . |
| 11 | Let me tell you , when those dubbin-lickers at Whaddon go on their knees and beg me to bring my United first team squad to ‘ The Tip ’ to put a few quid in their ailing coffers , I shall take great delight in treading on Ken Mentle 's fingers , provided he survives last week 's heart attack , and raising two toes in a defiant ‘ get lost ’ gesture . |
| 12 | ‘ They 'll know because I shall take great pleasure in telling everyone the truth ! ’ |
| 13 | I shall take great pleasure in saying to those to whom the hon. Gentleman wishes me to speak — here comes the opportunity that I mentioned earlier — that , as the chairman of Ford in Britain observed yesterday , Labour 's economic policies would prove suicidal for our economy . |
| 14 | After the fiasco over the programmes I shall take full control of this project and set up my headquarters in the Jessie Matthews Lounge at the Duck and Forceps . |
| 15 | I shall take careful account of all aspects of the application before reaching a decision . |
| 16 | I would be grateful if you could confirm your acceptance of this proposal , and I will take necessary steps here to pay you the first overseas royalty . |
| 17 | Anyway , rather than attributing it to my childhood , I prefer to believe that I was born into the world with greater or lesser faculties than other people and that I can take full responsibility for them . |
| 18 | I may try to shrink myself to an infinitesimal point of thinking Ego to which all spontaneous process is external , but the spontaneous is always springing up at the centre of me , thrusting me forward or dragging me back , and it is only at the periphery that I can take full control of it . |
| 19 | You must take great care . |
| 20 | You must take great care in writing the summary , which usually appears immediately after the title page or as part of the opening statement . |
| 21 | You must take reasonable care to avoid acts or omissions which you can reasonably foresee would be likely to injure your neighbour . |
| 22 | ‘ Then you must take appropriate action . |
| 23 | For this reason you should take young dogs out on various journeys , and not just when they are going for a walk . |
| 24 | In any of these cases , you should take legal advice when you are ready to make a Will ; it is not a good idea to try and do this on your own . |
| 25 | This should only happen as a last resort in exceptional circumstances and if it does , you should take legal advice as soon as possible . |
| 26 | ( Although if you decide to approach anyone outside your own organisation , you should take great care to preserve confidentiality and , if you are in any doubt as to your duties of confidentiality , you should seek appropriate legal advice . ) |
| 27 | If you are elderly , have a heart , lung or kidney disorder or have diabetes , you should take particular care not to catch flu . |
| 28 | If you are elderly , have a heart , lung or kidney disorder or have diabetes , you should take particular care not to catch flu . |
| 29 | The garden is a perfect place to entertain on summer evenings , but you should take basic steps to ensure safety . |
| 30 | A mail message will be created to record the outcome of the operation and a mail identifier will be allocated for this purpose ; you should take careful note of it and check that the request has been successful . |