Example sentences of "[pron] [vb mod] take [adj] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He is if I may take this question of the appointment of the independent members , he has certainly separated himself directly from their appointment by having this regional instrument . |
| 2 | Before the hon. Gentleman moves on from his point about the proposal to locate the health common services authority in the old BBC offices at Gabalfa , perhaps I may take some credit for that not having come to pass . |
| 3 | I do n't know how much to take , I might take ten pounds worth or something , I do n't need that much why , I need some money for Saturday as well do n't I ? , should n't need that much though |
| 4 | Oh yeah I think so , I do n't think that I can make anything of it , I 'll take that box to school because they might be doing a |
| 5 | When I go home I 'll take that list with me . |
| 6 | Cooney cuts out talk about Tyson with : ‘ I 'll take one fight at a time . ’ |
| 7 | Cooney cuts out talk about Tyson with : ‘ I 'll take one fight at a time . ’ |
| 8 | " I 'll take good care of her , " he said . |
| 9 | ‘ I 'll take long journeys on the Circle and District lines . |
| 10 | I know I 'm too old for you , but believe me , I 'll take more care of you than a younger man would . |
| 11 | ‘ I think I 'll take another look at the Fragonards before I go . |
| 12 | ‘ I know I wo n't keep doing it at this rate but while I 'm on this streak I 'll take full advantage of it . ’ |
| 13 | Oh I 'll take forty pounds of the play group in thirty weeks so that 'll cover the cost |
| 14 | ‘ I 'll take this lot to the nearest litter bin . ’ |
| 15 | I put the receiver down for a moment so that I could take two hands to the strawboard . |
| 16 | Having replied Yes with much confidence in his initial request I did not think I could take two steps to the rear , so I hastened to add that the job would take me some considerable time as ti would be my spare-time/spare-time job , consoled myself with the thought that it was the first time that I had made anything to be used in a church , so it would be a challenge . |
| 17 | I could take that tape to some of the houses I go to , but every other word they use is an F word ! |
| 18 | If I wanted I could take some revenge on him , which would also — some puny power — be a bitter reproach to my own pointless life . |
| 19 | Glancing towards his staff' he said , ‘ I could take some coaching from the sidelines , if anyone can recall my legislative program . ’ |
| 20 | I do n't think I could take another night without alcohol ! |
| 21 | " I 'm Dan Brady , and I 've served the Cause both here and at home since before you were born … so I 'd take that look off your face before I take it off for you . " |
| 22 | If I were a member of a species , highly evolved and perfectly adapted to a life among craggy rocks , pecking out the odd lamb 's eye , devouring a few mice , picking through a nice gamey carcass occasionally , but mostly just hovering gracefully around on thermals below cliffs , I would take great exception to being described as ‘ just ’ a crow . |
| 23 | I would take better care of him afterwards , ’ he says . |
| 24 | President , I would take this opportunity on behalf of the region to condra sorry , congratulate Nigel on the excellent work that he has done since becoming the National Health and Safety Officer . |
| 25 | Yeah , I would take some credit for that but you 've got to remember that in Fleetwood Mac I was working with great writers and great singers . ’ |
| 26 | Let me tell you , when those dubbin-lickers at Whaddon go on their knees and beg me to bring my United first team squad to ‘ The Tip ’ to put a few quid in their ailing coffers , I shall take great delight in treading on Ken Mentle 's fingers , provided he survives last week 's heart attack , and raising two toes in a defiant ‘ get lost ’ gesture . |
| 27 | ‘ They 'll know because I shall take great pleasure in telling everyone the truth ! ’ |
| 28 | I shall take great pleasure in saying to those to whom the hon. Gentleman wishes me to speak — here comes the opportunity that I mentioned earlier — that , as the chairman of Ford in Britain observed yesterday , Labour 's economic policies would prove suicidal for our economy . |
| 29 | I shall take two examples of that and apply them to London . |
| 30 | After the fiasco over the programmes I shall take full control of this project and set up my headquarters in the Jessie Matthews Lounge at the Duck and Forceps . |