Example sentences of "[pers pn] take [adj] [noun] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When I took that layabout lecher off the Queenie 's hands , she was only too bloody grateful . |
| 2 | I took two paperback books , a toothbrush , my Ventolin inhaler and a copy of the repeat prescription , four T-shirts , two pairs of jeans and my other pair of trainers . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | He fell over , Jonathan could you take that Lego box off my table ! |
| 5 | ‘ Hummingbird , will you take this man Buffalo to be your husband for one year , in the name of Earth and the animals ? ’ |
| 6 | Are you taking this Wheel business seriously ? ’ |
| 7 | I said to Julie about the washing I said to Julie I said you 're at home how about you taking this washing machine with you when you go because you 're paying . |
| 8 | She took six weeks leave after Hannah 's birth and two weeks after Jessica 's . |
| 9 | After leaving school at 16 , she took three part time jobs to earn money . |
| 10 | However , being unwilling to contradict her parents ' wishes she took three science A-levels rather than the arts subjects she preferred . |
| 11 | Presumably you took those chicken things downstairs for me yesterday ? |
| 12 | I see , so you take that top wheel off and you have another one underneath where alternative reading |
| 13 | You take two rounds Willie . |
| 14 | In fact we 've recently had a fourteen thousand pound booklet and you can when you take this home work out yourself exactly what that generated in three weeks for the sales consultant . |
| 15 | alright , shall we take this space suit off you while ya |
| 16 | To limit sampling error , we took multiple biopsy specimens at standardised sites . |
| 17 | We took three Hairflair readers along to the Schwarzkopf London Academy to try these new professional products — the results were stunning ! |
| 18 | In addition to the latest tapes by the Beatles , Joni Mitchell , Bob Dylan , Van Morrison and Neil Young , we took some reference books on shells , fishes and birds — and an 1890 edition of Wallace 's classic The Malay Archipelago . |
| 19 | If we take British world title winners by decade from 1892 onwards to the present , the picture that emerges not only refutes the hungry fighter theory , but suggests that better living standards produce more world champions than poverty does . |
| 20 | And of course I loved the town and although the station was about a mile from the town centre , people used to come from the town centre in their cars , they had lunch at our place er er at Cambridge , you see , and there , there were two waiters and one , one of them took part-time cellar work , you see , and er , they were two brothers and er their name 's |
| 21 | On recovery nights , when subjects were allowed to sleep undisturbed , they took more REM sleep than usual , as if they were making up to some extent for the amount lost . |
| 22 | Sainsbury , for example , defend the sky-high price of their organic vegetables by saying that they take less percentage profit on them , and that the wholesalers seem to be the ones jacking up the price . |
| 23 | They take several Elf fortresses and precipitate the most bitter fighting ever seen between the Elves including the infamous Siege of Tor Lehan . |
| 24 | It takes regular VHS tapes and offers a 24-hour timer facility . |
| 25 | It takes four hydrogen nuclei to make one nucleus of helium , and each time this happens there is a slight release of energy and a slight loss of mass . |
| 26 | It takes four place settings and costs £299.90 ( building-in kit extra ) |
| 27 | It takes four AA batteries . |
| 28 | It takes two AA size alkaline batteries . |
| 29 | It takes two AA size batteries . |
| 30 | It takes all Charles Martell 's skill and determination to steer a straight course at the Wye Valley Farm Park in Herefordshire . |