Example sentences of "i take [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I take sometime . |
| 2 | ‘ I take mostly professional people , ’ she 'd said in her strong voice with its pronounced German accent . |
| 3 | I take up points of view I do n't actually support strongly and start defending them to the hilt . |
| 4 | When a friend suggested that I take up racing , my initial reaction was that at 42 I was too old . |
| 5 | It is with great pleasure that I take up Mrs O'Neil 's call to arms on behalf of Martina . |
| 6 | It 's more comfortable if Herta lies on her side and I take up position behind her . |
| 7 | But before I take up that theme let me try to get closer to the ground . |
| 8 | So I take up a book and try to read . |
| 9 | I take up a rifle and being that I am a crack shot , I win something to hang on a car mirror . |
| 10 | I had an ultimatum from Great-gran : if I take up proceedings for a divorce , then I go out of here , but dear Andrew stays . ’ |
| 11 | To watch them pretending not to know all the things about me which I take not the least trouble to conceal . |
| 12 | It was reflected in the expressions used by some members of the RUC ( ‘ OK , let's hit the streets and do it to them before they do it to us ’ , ‘ This is where the law stops and I take over , sucker ’ , the reference to probationary police as ‘ rookies ’ and to bullets as ‘ slugs ’ ) , their dress ( mirror sunglasses , blue jeans , and white T-shirt , sometimes with the Miami-Vice parallel reinforced by the words being printed on the T-shirt ) , and other ephemera ( the engraving of ‘ San Quentin' on the keys to the cells , jumping through the enquiry room window rather than using the door ) . |
| 13 | ‘ I take over the wheel and we lose them , the whole shooting match . ’ |
| 14 | Because he did n't think his player was coming over , Orville Moody 's caddie had taken Tom Weiskopf 's bag , but when he suddenly heard Orville was flying over , he ditched Tom and suggested I take over the bag . |
| 15 | Well , if they think they are going to follow me into the Multivite/Singletons First Division when I take over at Titford Polymers , then they are going to be bloody disappointed . |
| 16 | ‘ I 'll be going in regularly until I take over ; at least part-time , ’ she said eagerly . |
| 17 | If you had any idea how much I 've got to do before I take over the shop — ’ |
| 18 | There are also occasions when I take over as duty manager for the night . |
| 19 | Yeah well that 's fine then , sorry I take away my |
| 20 | Now how about if I take away ? |
| 21 | If I take away a positive number of course that 's taken as normal take away . |
| 22 | If I take away the minus twenty well I 'm taking it from the same thing are n't I ? |
| 23 | So if I take away a negative number it 's the same as adding . |
| 24 | I take here as my example Nelly Furman 's intriguing essay ‘ His Story versus Her Story : Male Genealogy and Female Strategy in the Jacob Cycle ’ . |
| 25 | Similarly , behavioural variability means that I sometimes iron with the television on and if this reduces the discomfort I experience from ironing ( even though I take longer to finish ) , selective reinforcement from TV viewing while ironing may mean that this also becomes part of my behavioural repertoire . |
| 26 | For example , I take on mobility and activities , somebody else is doing incontinence , somebody else first aid , somebody else mental health . |
| 27 | He misses a risky plant , I take on some banana , and win on the pink . |
| 28 | ‘ I take on too many projects that do n't make any money . |
| 29 | Twenty-three years in the business has all been the build-up for this , as I take on my most challenging role ever — bloody prompter ! ’ |
| 30 | My kid I take on no call Monsoon . |