Example sentences of "that [pers pn] take [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I , , be having been elected to the office of Vice Chair , declare that I take that office upon myself and will duly and faithfully fulfil the duties of it according to the best of my judgement and ability . |
| 2 | I should say also that I take some comfort from noticing that the judgments were reserved for five months . |
| 3 | Instead , I sent him one of me that I took one weekend , with the sun coming in the window and shining on my hair . |
| 4 | Now that she took another look at it , it was a rather insignificant sort of nose on which any pair of spectacles might be expected to slip . |
| 5 | I then suggested that she take small steps , one at a time , further into the depths of the cupboard — remembering that this was all in her imagination and that she was still feeling totally relaxed . |
| 6 | Which was good from the point of view that you took thirteen minutes to do the first three and then two minutes to do the last , last three . |
| 7 | ‘ It was after that weekend gig in Zimbabwe — but I seem to remember that you took two weeks ’ leave immediately after that , so perhaps you never knew . |
| 8 | You 've just said that you took one look at Lotta and wanted her without knowing a thing about her , and now you 're telling me exactly the same thing . |
| 9 | ‘ D' you mean to say , Elaine , that you took more notice of her than he did ? ’ |
| 10 | that you take all recommendations |
| 11 | Figs 7 and 8 show a couple of illustrative fingerings ; as you play through these make sure that you take careful note of the formulae that are written underneath the notation . |
| 12 | It very rarely happens that you take several fish in one period and then nothing for the remainder of the time you spend on the water . |
| 13 | You should take with you to the Bank your birth certificates and I suggest that you take some photocopies so that the Bank can forward these to the insurance company with your proposal form so that your ages can be admitted without further delay . |
| 14 | I am not suggesting that you take this model too seriously . |
| 15 | Assuming that you take this advice and collect used paper or cut some to suit your purpose , what next ? |
| 16 | That is not to say that we take such episodes to consist in relational facts . |
| 17 | My right hon. and hon. Friends must take stronger action in concert with our European partners to show the world that we take this situation much more seriously than many people in Yugoslavia seem to think . |
| 18 | Could I ask that we take any questions at the end of session . |
| 19 | The spokesman said : ‘ I can assure Mr Grainger that we take these sort of allegations very seriously indeed and the matter will be thoroughly investigated . ’ |
| 20 | Their women , far from being grateful , turned on them , snarling , in late night conversations telling them to shut up ; far from setting them free to work for the Revolution , their women demanded that they take emotional responsibility and also clean the loos . |
| 21 | Also , current recommendations for screening for stroke and major coronary events by blood pressure measurements are not rational in that they take little account of the absolute risk of these diseases , specifying cut off levels for blood pressure screening that take little or no account of age . |
| 22 | Sainsbury , for example , defend the sky-high price of their organic vegetables by saying that they take less percentage profit on them , and that the wholesalers seem to be the ones jacking up the price . |
| 23 | Many police officers will want to remind the Home Secretary as he prepares his response to the Sheahy report that they take special risks and deserve special treatment . |
| 24 | Certainly men at the central station boasted proudly of the fact that they took more prisoners per year than any other division in the whole force . |
| 25 | The World Bank and International Monetary Fund ( IMF ) , meeting in Washington on April 26-28 , approved massive financial backing for the former Soviet republics on the condition that they took rigorous action to privatize and stabilize their economies . |
| 26 | Had the Conservatives won the election by a whisker , which at one time seemed likely , they would probably have plumped for a Labour Speaker ( on the grounds that it took one vote off the Opposition ) . |
| 27 | Standing up to straighten his back , he would take as many as half a dozen buds , popping them all into his mouth , then down he 'd go , snick , snick , bud in , and on to the next — he went so fast that it took two assistants following behind and tying in to keep up with him ! |
| 28 | Balor had two eyes , one being invested with so much evil power that it took four men to lift the eye-lid . |
| 29 | Daytime sightings , prior to the late afternoon Mid-Day Scot were rare , and my notebooks indicate that it took four years of assiduous observation before I had ‘ spotted ’ 12 of the 13 locomotives built . |
| 30 | The trust is also worried that it took six weeks for the emergency stop-order to progress through the Whitehall 's bureaucracy . |