Example sentences of "i [verb] take [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I mean to take another example er and this illustrates Mary-Jane 's point about it , it can be conscious , is is n't there a tendency would n't you say John for Clinton to see himself as Kennedy returned ? |
| 2 | I mean to take drastic action in this matter , I assure you . |
| 3 | I would have thought if she would have sat in the chair , I mean well she could n't go the week aha I do n't young enough yeah , about a month ago she just peed of somewhere and some , I do n't know , she 's alright , I said yes she 'll be alright , I said I 'm going to start cooking so she said I got to take these Heather , I said well they 'll travel better in there , your father said you know Jane he said if you 'd given her a hand |
| 4 | Do I need to take both packets ? |
| 5 | I tried to take some pictures but I scrapped them , they did n't come near to showing how I felt . ’ |
| 6 | I tried to take some pictures but I scrapped them , they did n't come near to showing how I felt . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ I tried to take some pressure off him by saying if we saw him before Christmas it would be a bonus . |
| 8 | ‘ I want to take another look at the gibbons . |
| 9 | If there are any factual errors ( or , more likely , lies ) I want to take careful note of them , and correct the record later . |
| 10 | Conscious that the fat woman had seated herself on a stack of biscuit tins and was listening avidly , Joe said ‘ Er , I want to take some groceries to an old lady . |
| 11 | ‘ I want to take this opportunity of thanking you , Mr … , and all the doctors and nurses here who have shown so much kindness to me . |
| 12 | I want to take this tape out really when I gone out to Asda . |
| 13 | I was carrying wall units and I 'd taken fourteen wall units one after another up two flights of stairs . |
| 14 | ‘ If I 'd taken more trouble with economics I might have been more effective as Prime Minister . |
| 15 | Anyway , all that — and the Rogan Josh , which I 'd took real sweat over right down to serving it with iced bottles of Kingfisher lager and quarters of lime and rice fried with egg and to hell with the risk of salmonella — was before Billy Tuckett dropped in . |
| 16 | I began to take daily photographs just to see , at the end of the month , how much had moved without one noticing . |
| 17 | After the course , I began taking more interest in how other departments were tackling quality assurance . |
| 18 | Certainly , the most of the infant teachers I know take great pains to make sure that it is not traumatic and that the move from home to school is as easy as possible . |
| 19 | Certainly , the most of the infant teachers I know take great pains to make sure that it is not traumatic and that the move from home to school is as easy as possible . |
| 20 | Erm I remember taking two cases when the procedure was still invoked and it was a company in Edinburgh , it was as , as a matter of fact . |
| 21 | Having put down the bottle , but still entranced by the ( to my nose at any rate ) sweet , dulcet tones of the essence , I decided to take another whiff to convince myself I had not really been dreaming . |
| 22 | ‘ When I started taking those wickets last summer , I began did begin to think I had a chance of representing my country but , to be truthful , I did n't think it could be more than the England A side . |
| 23 | It was during my fourth visit to Rhodesia that I managed to take some time off . |
| 24 | Now I keep taking this Shelabruse it clears , and it comes back . |
| 25 | I kept taking quick glances but you always looked inscrutable . |
| 26 | ‘ We sha n't be here much longer — if I do take this job , only another month . |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | Nice chap and he teaches creative writing in Glasgow , used to be a teacher then a teacher trainer and then I think took early retirement and he does this but made the point that he simply uses it for extra income for pleasure and interest as opposed I suppose to a way of writing you know so |
| 29 | I had to take two trains and a bus ; by the time I got there I was bleeding badly , giddy and incoherent with exhaustion . |
| 30 | I 'd spent so much time on my own , sitting watching birds , or reading about them or drawing them , that I did n't make many friends , and those I had took second place to the birds . |