Example sentences of "[vb past] [pers pn] [verb] take [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He told me to start taking things easy . ’ |
| 2 | We assumed they had taken care of the details and Ayling and Pascoe believed everything was all right . ’ |
| 3 | But he ended it under the cloud of suspicion caused by a random test which confirmed he had taken drugs . |
| 4 | Then I asked her to visualize taking hold of the doorknob and pulling open the cupboard door . |
| 5 | ‘ Oh , I thought they 'd taken care of them , ’ said Jenny . |
| 6 | Even with these limitations , the home-grown system brought British Gypsum benefits that made it want to take EDI much further . |
| 7 | Did you manage to take afternoon tea on the terrace at Reids Hotel ? ’ |
| 8 | WPC Susan Larkin , 24 , said she had taken cover in the footwell of her police car as bullets hit the vehicle . |
| 9 | Had he decided to take Didi Lombard 's advice ? |
| 10 | Not once had he tried to take advantage of her and he 'd had the chance . |
| 11 | He said it had taken years . |
| 12 | BR said it had taken steps to control overtime and to ensure engineers were taking breaks in the hard pressed Southern Region , where skills shortages are most acute . |
| 13 | He said he had taken Kurlovich to Barcelona aware of the positive test and fearful disclosure might bring on a dope scandal similar to the Bulgarian one which shook the 1988 Games . |
| 14 | Mosley , speaking after a meeting of the Formula One commission of FISA at a Heathrow hotel , said he had taken action to sort out the confusion after weeks of chaos . |
| 15 | He wished he had taken Sir John aside , made his peace and offered some refreshment , some claret in one of the Cheapside taverns . |