Example sentences of "not take [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although he might on one level enjoy his fame and success , his own tendency to withdraw from the world turned such fame into a kind of game which he was happy to play but which he did not take altogether seriously . |
| 2 | They scarcely venture out and do not take easily to strangers . ’ |
| 3 | Bryant hesitated a moment : he knew Pascoe well , and was aware that he did not take easily to unsolicited advice . |
| 4 | Older children who are beyond control and difficult or delinquent will not take easily to substitute homes and will often cause a good deal of trouble there . |
| 5 | ‘ And if those four days he will need to collect Oreste were to come off Ferdinando 's own holiday which he would not take again then you would lose nothing , ma'am , if you please . ’ |
| 6 | The water in the basins had a layer of ice on them , which had to be broken before the children could wash ; then , in the dining room they sat shivering , for the fire at the end of the room did not take even the chill away . |
| 7 | Such dogs do not take well to a lower pecking order and skilful training is necessary . |
| 8 | Firstly , Allied troops , after years of war , would not take well to a renewal of fighting , against forces whom they had been repeatedly told were our brave allies . |
| 9 | Having become impatient , she would not take well to any delay . |
| 10 | Though after a moment of considering her question , seemed to think that there was no harm in revealing , ‘ I believe the dog does not take well to city life — he is up at the house . ’ |
| 11 | As I mentioned before , vitamins are chemically very unstable and they certainly do not take well to this sort of treatment . |
| 12 | ‘ Can you not take just one single thing seriously ? ’ |
| 13 | b ) The applied finish might not take properly to the surface and flake off . |
| 14 | I suggest you will not take amiss the suggestion of a suitable restorative . ’ |
| 15 | An unbloody sacrifice can not take away sins for we read ‘ without shedding of blood is no remission . ’ |
| 16 | ‘ I know now that there is something between a mother and her baby that even time can not take away . |
| 17 | Give words of encouragement , and do not take away the food immediately if it is ignored . |
| 18 | Typically it means that steps are taken to ensure that women do not take away a proportion of the kin group 's resources when they marry — which can mean variously , that women 's sexuality is tightly controlled , that women are given little choice about whom they marry , that there is a preference for choosing marriage partners from within the kin groups ( Tillion , 1983 ; Goddard , 1987 ) . |
| 19 | Talking about the experience can not take away the grief and fear , but it can chart a path through it . |
| 20 | That what is on one side is in fact a category of diverse contents does not take away from the fundamental duality . |
| 21 | It takes away , no doubt , the right of the solicitor to bring an action directly the work is done , but it does not take away his right to payment for it , which is the cause of action . |
| 22 | Once the grant had gone , the disincentive effect of grant penalties ended : one can not take away what is not being given . |
| 23 | But Mr Grey was swift to reassure them : ‘ Selling other things does not take away from books ; as our sales from the supermarket and news have grown , so have books . |
| 24 | In capital letters at the bottom are the words , PLEASE DO NOT TAKE AWAY . |
| 25 | I am grateful to the right hon. Gentleman for the way in which he presented his case to me , although I hope that he did not take away from our meeting any belief that I was totally persuaded by the argument that he put forward . |
| 26 | Will my right hon. Friend confirm that the Government will continue as the party of denationalisation , and confirm to the electorate of York that the Conservative party will not take away the shares of those who have invested in Northern Electric , British Telecom and other such denationalised companies ? |
| 27 | The hon. Member for Berwick-upon-Tweed said that as far as he was concerned , regional government would not take away the powers of local government . |
| 28 | These provisions do not take away the income from the beneficiary ; they merely alter the income tax payable on that income . |
| 29 | Presumably killers did not take kindly to amateur detectives . |
| 30 | Ms Penumbra will not take kindly if she suspects we 're helping one of her employees abscond . ’ |