Example sentences of "[not/n't] take a [noun] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There are complaints when they do not take a child into care and there are complaints when they do . |
| 2 | And so , when you come to the bible and you read the account of Jesus here on the earth , turning the water into wine , of Jesus stilling the storm , when you into the old testament and you read accounts there of the children of Israel , of the me , of the tremendous miracles that were performed by Jehovah , God for them well of course , there 's a natural explanation to it , because you ca n't do these things , there are natural laws that stop you doing them you can not take a glass of water , even if you 're God , you can not take it and make it into a glass of wine instantly , it 's got natural processes to go through . |
| 3 | It would not take a lot of imagination to believe some of these old tales in such conditions . |
| 4 | I will not take a point of order . |
| 5 | No , I can not take a point of order until after the statement . |
| 6 | ‘ I will not take a penny of collection money to pay for Jennifer , ’ she said . |
| 7 | Eleven members of the Democratic Progressive party elected to the National Assembly have been barred from taking their seats because they will not take an oath of loyalty to the Republic of China ( the official name for Taiwan ) , only to the Republic of Taiwan . |
| 8 | She ca n't take a share in child-care . |
| 9 | Dad did n't take a bit of notice but Mary stared at her . |
| 10 | If the type of foods you eat means that all your meals are heavily loaded with fat then they will contain a lot of energy — and if you do n't take a lot of exercise to burn this up , you will inevitably put on weight . |
| 11 | Mr Lamb said : ‘ It would n't take a lot of money to celebrate the event . |
| 12 | But it did n't take Jefferson long to find enough money to set up a factory to make golf clubs , and it does n't take a lot of imagination to guess who provided the money . ’ |
| 13 | This was probably one of the reasons the Turk 's Head did n't take a lot of custom . |
| 14 | They did n't take a lot of notice of me , and I returned the compliment . |
| 15 | I did n't , I did n't take a lot of notice really . |
| 16 | Does n't take a lot of interest in other people anyway . |
| 17 | It did n't take a lot of learning . |
| 18 | but would n't take an oath for god so they would n't let her in . |
| 19 | What this illustrates is that you ca n't take an institution at face value any more and certainly should n't select or dismiss an institution on your ( or your parents ' ) first impression . |