Example sentences of "[adv] [pron] take [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | We have not yet been sufficiently educated to realize that the risk of dying from the greatest killer disease in the Western world could be drastically reduced if only we took preventative measures by eating sensibly and looking after our bodies . |
2 | Thus it takes considerable courage and persistence at times for the carer to press the needs of the dependent , let alone her/his personal needs . |
3 | ( Now they take good care to live well out of sight of them ) . |
4 | Often they take casual jobs , and William Gaminara has turned his experience as an out-of-work thesp into a sparky new play at the Hampstead Theatre . |
5 | Eighteen months ago I took early retirement . |
6 | The island is a mixture of high mountains , craggy coastline , sandy beaches , deep blue sea , and music and laughter from the people here who take fierce pride in their independence , their curling moustaches and the fiery local brew — Raki . |
7 | In our opinion , the duty is not simply one to take reasonable care in the abstract , but to take reasonable care not to injure a person whom it should reasonably have been foreseen may be injured by the act or neglect if such care is not taken . |
8 | Today we take organized travel for granted but Cook 's approach was revolutionary . |
9 | If things did not go well he took full responsibility . |
10 | Then he took indecent photographs of some of them . |
11 | erm a great deal is talked about democracy in schools and you very often have all kinds of organisations allegedly which take democratic decisions . |
12 | Instead they take serious crime as a pre- and state-defined phenomenon . |
13 | ‘ Over-involved ’ is a derogatory label still used by professionals to describe anxious , supportive relatives , yet it takes extraordinary judgment and sensitivity to manage a close relative 's abnormal beliefs and behaviour in a way which neither colludes with pathological beliefs nor alienates the sufferer . |