Example sentences of "[subord] [pron] take [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Belvoir was not her only house , for her late husband the 9th Duke restored Haddon Hall where she took particular pleasure in the rose terraces . |
| 2 | Contraction at just one tenth of this rate seemed small beer to astronomers , and was presented by the popular media ( where they took any notice at all ) as another example of a way-out scientific idea that had been undermined by more careful studies . |
| 3 | A second technique is deconcentration — although functions may be departmentalised in a single central government department , it may nevertheless be desirable for administration to be dispersed from the geographical centre and into the regions and localities where it takes actual effect ‘ on the ground ’ . |
| 4 | Our survey rates Shell most highly for its management quality , where it took first place ( see table 3 ) . |
| 5 | All right , so I took full responsibility for the organisation of the sale , but there is no way I can be blamed for the outcome . |
| 6 | She then felt reluctant to go downstairs to face the man who had so recently been kissing her bare breasts , so she took extra time to straighten the bed where she had almost been willing to — no , longing to make love with Silas , she amended with a burst of mental honesty . |
| 7 | But Sophie loved Felix very much , so she took some money and escaped from her father to search for Felix . |
| 8 | I see , so you take that top wheel off and you have another one underneath where alternative reading |
| 9 | So you map it onto the tuple array and then all the tuples so you take each tuple in in order . |
| 10 | Although we took little heed of his departure , Ruth and I watched Alec being interviewed on TV when he returned . |
| 11 | It apologised for his distress , adding : ‘ We have recently re-staffed the Middlesbrough office and although we take great care in choosing recruits , unfortunately occasionally people do let you down . |
| 12 | In two successive years , I have pointed out that , although we take serious action on giving access to Members of Parliament , we take little action on , and treat with scant seriousness , the question of access to this place for disabled people . |
| 13 | One because the nation was sort of a people who had seen themselves homeless from these start and God had given them a home so they took special care of sojourners and aliens , and secondly , I think , because they had an enlightened attitude towards debt . |
| 14 | By 1920 it was appreciated that the Great War had brought about many changes , particularly in Europe and around the Mediterranean area ; Europe 's domination of the world had been weakened , and there was a marked decline in ‘ colonisation ’ , as well as a gradual change from ‘ British Empire ’ to ‘ British Commonwealth ’ , although it took another war to finalise that process . |
| 15 | When they were not , they switched to cockles ( although it took some time for them to learn the technique of shell penetration ) . |
| 16 | Blood heat should be the highest temperature for a smooth glossy result , although it takes more time to melt . |
| 17 | So , I had a look at the powers of the police authority and they 're restricted to financial and administrative responsibilities and if I took that argument further , of course the Chief Constable has to take that into account . |
| 18 | ‘ Mandy , if I took this bet , you might feel driven to play Cupid . ’ |
| 19 | What would happen if I took less exercise ? |
| 20 | ‘ Ca n't think what would happen to the shop if I take one day off . ’ |
| 21 | If I take one example as more updated version of Hammett and Chandler , one of the most successful writers I think in financial terms in America since the Second World War has been a man called Kenneth Miller , who writes under the name of Ross Macdonald , and has been turning out for , oh , the best part of thirty years now , novels about a Californian private eye called Lou Archer . |
| 22 | So , if I take this bearing , this is a g very common question they have in G C S E , take a bearing from J and it 's forty five degrees , right ? |
| 23 | So I , I always think it , feel it 's a good idea to say to the stallholder , stallholder look , erm if I take this home and try it on and find it wo n't , does n't fit can I bring it back ? |
| 24 | Impulsively now , she put her hand out and laid it on his , saying quietly , ‘ I 'm going to miss you all over again , Ben , that 's if I take this place . ’ |
| 25 | I think if I take this lot to the tip now , I 'll come back |
| 26 | If I did it and it did n't come out as good as I thought , or if I failed , then I 'll deal with that , but until I take that chance I 'll never know . |
| 27 | Eligibility for such increases if somebody takes premature retirement and they 're actually below the age of fifty five the increases do n't apply until you attain you fifty fifth birthday . |
| 28 | The pathetic , skinny dog was scratching around the dustbin searching for the slightest bit of food , until she took one look at me and shot off with her tail between her legs . |
| 29 | She eyed the biscuit plate and the Clarion Cry simultaneously — surely he would not mind if she took another biscuit ? |
| 30 | They 're the classic example of a band that thinks with one brain , and if you took one component out it would n't happen . ’ |