Example sentences of "that [pers pn] [verb] take [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I was pleased with this reflection , and so convoluted is the human mind that I ceased to take pride in my lack of pride and was proud that I had found myself capable of it . |
| 2 | ‘ There speaks the man who drove us here at such breakneck speed that I began to take pity on his poor Ferrari 's engine . |
| 3 | ‘ After the death of Sicelo I decided to meet with a lawyer and asked him to put down on record that I had taken part in a film . |
| 4 | You look little and lost , are funny and sweet — and I keep getting the overwhelming feeling that I want to take care of you . |
| 5 | So that you know that I do takes notes at the other end . |
| 6 | ‘ There was a formal denial that she had taken part in anything which would discredit the Royal Family . |
| 7 | Her last book , A Memoir of the Late Mrs. Henrietta Fordyce , was published anonymously in 1823 , evidently in an attempt to silence rumours that she had taken advantage of a generous elderly relative . |
| 8 | Gazzer felt pleased that she had taken things so well . |
| 9 | She thought suddenly that she had taken Dr Neil for granted , that she had not fully realised either his hard work or his dedication , and for the first time understood the impulse which had caused him to leave the cushioned life of a younger son of a good family and become an East End doctor instead . |
| 10 | She knew that she had taken sides . |
| 11 | Claudine had phoned indignantly to say that you had taken Marie 's key , ordered the poor little thing away and taken possession of the farmhouse . ’ |
| 12 | Assuming that you decide that you wish to take things seriously and intend to acquire suitable equipment , you should look for a helicopter radio which has two idle-up systems , plus a throttle hold switch , with separate collective pitch adjustments on each . |
| 13 | To help you , engage a top-class consultant who will independently catalyse and structure the debate that you want to take place . |
| 14 | Well do you think it 's time that you started taking time off in lieu ? |
| 15 | Yeah , I think , I have n't got details of that , but I think erm Ron has and also the fact that we 've taken remarks and . |
| 16 | This implies that we need to take conflict into account here as well as changes in consensus . |
| 17 | The introduction of a second asset means that we have to take account of the capital market equilibrium condition : the return from holding stocks of the natural resource must equal the return to physical capital . |
| 18 | It is as a result of that charter that we have to take steps to change the inspectorate . |
| 19 | Well I do n't believe that they would succeed because I think that we have taken account of all the views expressed and that members will be making an informed decision today . |
| 20 | The spokesman added : ‘ The magistrates were made aware of that and appreciated that we have taken steps to prevent a recurrence of this problem . ’ |
| 21 | Many of the players in the Olympic cricket match were n't even aware that they 'd taken part in the Olympic Games at all . |
| 22 | Holliman decided that they had to take cover , so they scuttled into a patch of scrub and camouflaged themselves with nets . |
| 23 | The priests in Jerusalem were so numerous that they had to take turns in performing Temple ceremonies . |
| 24 | There was a danger of people having short memories , and forgetting even that they had taken part in the war … |
| 25 | After the weekend , the Unionist Whips decided that they had taken things far enough , having wasted an entire week of parliamentary time and given their supporters a sign of the vigour with which the fight was being waged . |
| 26 | ‘ The commission took into consideration their record over the past five years , ’ said Graham Kelly , the FA 's chief executive , ‘ but they also noted that they had taken steps to improve it over the last 18 months . ’ |
| 27 | In Coldunell Ltd. v. Gallon the creditors had acted responsibly in that they had taken steps to ensure that the elderly parents received independent legal advice and , as appears from the closing sentence of the extract of Oliver L.J . 's judgment just cited , they were entitled when they received in return documents apparently executed in the presence of such a solicitor to accept those documents and act upon them . |
| 28 | However , to the CNAA 's surprise , a number of institutions has indicated that they wish to take advantage of the new procedures by proposing special arrangements which would , in effect , provide for all their courses to be validated by a method other than the normal one . |
| 29 | Indeed most providers would now claim that they do take account of the wider population . |
| 30 | The Association 's solicitor , Charles Hennessy , pointed out that they contemplated taking proceedings ‘ under the Local Government Planning and Development Act , 1976 , which states that the High Court may , on application from any person , by order , prohibit the continuance of an unauthorized use of land when a breach of the planning conditions occur ’ . |