Example sentences of "[coord] [vb past] take [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Being too ill or debilitated to take any exercise . |
| 2 | None of the patients were pregnant at the time of the study or had taken any drug which could potentially interfere with gall bladder motility . |
| 3 | The Committee concentrated on the Scottish LFA and failed to take proper note of more severe problems elsewhere . |
| 4 | And they 've taken the free kick quickly and tried to take full advantage of the situation and the referee has said you ca n't do that . |
| 5 | Tony reversed his car and turned to take another look at the theatre — there was nothing there . |
| 6 | POLICEMAN Brian Yinger has been suspended and ordered to take psychiatric tests because he writes the figure seven with a line through the downstroke . |
| 7 | They cast their lines not far off-shore , and appeared to take excellent catches of fish . |
| 8 | He says they picked it up on the radar and had to take evasive action . |
| 9 | During 1964 Crawford made The Knack … and how to get it , his first of three films with director Richard Lester , who had been a writer of The Goon Show on radio and had taken that brand of surrealism to film-making , using a new-wave style that reflected the mood of the Swinging Sixties and the idea that the world was being turned upside down . |
| 10 | Where damage is caused to a visitor by a danger due to the faulty execution of any work of construction , maintenance or repair by an independent contractor employed by the occupier , the occupier is not to be treated without more as answerable for the danger if in all the circumstances he had acted reasonably in entrusting the work to an independent contractor and had taken such steps ( if any ) as he reasonably ought in order to satisfy himself that the contractor was competent and that the work had been properly done . |
| 11 | ( c ) Independent contractors Section 2(4) ( b ) states : Where damage is caused to a visitor by a danger due to the faulty execution of any work of construction , maintenance or repair by an independent contractor employed by the occupier , the occupier is not to be treated without more as answerable for the danger if in all the circumstances he had acted reasonably in entrusting the work to an independent contractor and had taken such steps ( if any ) as he reasonably ought in order to satisfy himself that the contractor was competent and that the work had been properly done . |
| 12 | I myself had never witnessed a stoning , but Omar had done so on three occasions and had taken great delight in describing to us the fate that awaited weak women who did not carefully guard their honour which was so prized by their men . |
| 13 | It is perfectly clear that long before the procession came into sight , long before the procession had formed , these people in the Markets in their desire to be offended had come down from the side streets and had taken great trouble to he offended , and not only were prepared to be offended but were prepared to throw missiles , stones and other weapons … |
| 14 | She asked for news of Robin and Jenny , and Aunt Sarah launched into an ironic description of how a Japanese tourist half Jenny 's size and four times her age had proposed marriage to her ( ’ At least I hope it was marriage ’ ) , and how Robin had got locked overnight in the bar of the hotel where he was working and had taken two days to sleep it off ; and gradually Ruth fought down her feelings . |
| 15 | The doors of the bar opened behind them and they went in to order hot chocolate from the rather older part-time student who had learned the advisability of doing something to earn a little money and had taken several jobs as a waitress . |
| 16 | Willi was about four inches shorter than she was and tended to take bouncy steps . |
| 17 | Tomo Cesen , the man who almost certainly climbed the South Face of Lhotse but forgot to take any pictures , arrived for his session with a highly professional career package . |