Example sentences of "i [verb] take " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ It 's mostly my gardener I have to thank for that ’ , said the doctor modestly , ‘ but , yes , I do take an interest . |
| 2 | I 'm still conscious of what I wear , I have n't completely lost track of fashion , but I do take more care now to see that my body is well covered , especially my head . |
| 3 | I do take into account that for a lot of people , pop artists are role models so you have to be careful about what you are doing . |
| 4 | The glam of the Signature model reminds me very much of the 40th Anniversary Tele we reviewed two or three years ago , and personally speaking — I should be objective , of course , but I do take Teles personally — gold-plated , figured-wood Teles do strike me as being a bit of a contradiction in terms . |
| 5 | And I do take ? |
| 6 | That said , we do listen to constructive criticism ( even if I do take the Michael in these letters every so often ) and make changes where they seem needed — you 'll see gradual change as time goes by , for the better , we hope ! |
| 7 | Well I mean the motion actually has been moved , I do take the point , I mean it 's a fair point , but erm not sure where John 's sat sat at the back , yes |
| 8 | ‘ I do take care of her . |
| 9 | But , in the following discussions , I do take two leading new historicist writers , Louis Montrose and Stephen Greenblatt , as representing the current field , so it is probably inevitable that they will appear as paradigms for New Historicism as a whole . |
| 10 | ‘ We sha n't be here much longer — if I do take this job , only another month . |
| 11 | And I do take it and I have taken it |
| 12 | Er but I do take the point that er Mr made . |
| 13 | I mean , I do I do take your point about the culture , and it and it 's it is a significant issue , which will take some time , I mean , probably wi with your experience in Social Services you 'll know that a substantial number of directors of Social Services are in fact female , and maybe one of the questions that we have to ask at a senior level is , our s senior erm , chief officers , erm , the fact that we 've got no woman , chief officer , and it may well be because now that we 've got an equal opportunities policy , that we may get applications from erm , very able women who see that we have got a clear commitment to equal opportunities demonstrated in this paper . |
| 14 | But yes thank you I I do take the point . |
| 15 | I do take on , I do take on one point that the Conservatives have begun to raise to make in their in their motion which what we do n't want is another heavy tier of bur bureaucracy . |
| 16 | I do take on , I do take on one point that the Conservatives have begun to raise to make in their in their motion which what we do n't want is another heavy tier of bur bureaucracy . |
| 17 | If I may my Lord there is an issue that was raised in my learned friends reply er which er was a new point er and where I do take issue with him and this concerns the issue of the relevance of the directive here the , the issue relating to er whether or not the er Lloyd 's Act and the society have got any relevance in respect of the directive , his submission as I understood it , was that under article one , eight , nine the directive only addressed itself to states , to the British Government and that therefore the reliance on the directive by the society and in relation to the Lloyds Act was er a misconceived er reliance . |
| 18 | So I do take note of those and I 'll see what I can do about those , okay ? |
| 19 | ‘ I do take it seriously . |
| 20 | But I do take your point , of course . |
| 21 | ‘ I do take risks but very calculated risks , ’ he says . |
| 22 | mind you I have er , I have that way inclined you know , I do take too many risks I suppose really . |
| 23 | The fact is I did take it out once or twice , determined to do something with it , but other things , like earning enough to keep a roof over our heads and send the children to decent schools , always seemed to intervene . |
| 24 | Recently I did take up a form of gardening , indoor gardening . |
| 25 | When I was much younger I did take chances from time to time and can recall more than one close shave . |
| 26 | W. Hewer and myself towards Westminster ; and there he carried me to Nott 's , the famous bookbinder , that bound for my Lord Chancellor 's library : and there I did take occasion for curiosity to bespeak a book to be bound , only that I might have one of his binding . |
| 27 | If I did take the twins away all summer then Masquerade would be taken to a boatyard in Florida , so I now signed the necessary customs forms and the insurance waiver and the dozen other pieces of paper that would be needed to keep the United States government and the delivery company happy . |
| 28 | I did take you for a couple staying there together , and normally I would have retreated smartly and come back here again , but for what had already happened . |
| 29 | I am positive the only reason I 'm still here is because I did take drugs . |
| 30 | Although it is not a mountain tent I did take it on a high camp with a family group . |