Example sentences of "he [verb] take the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In a stunning leap of logic Torino fined him a further £200 when he failed to take the field the following week against Inter-Milan . |
| 2 | He admitted taking the car without consent , driving while unfit through drink , without insurance and unaccompanied by a qualified motorist , and failing to report an accident . |
| 3 | When furious Mia confronted Allen , he admitted taking the photos — but DENIED having an affair with Soon-Yi . |
| 4 | Then , when he sought to take the oath , the House itself refused and excluded him on the dubious ground that , being an atheist , he could not swear . |
| 5 | He moved to take the figure to twenty . |
| 6 | Finally , Ronchey has obviously decided that the warding profession nationally needed smartening up , so he has taken the opportunity of his decree , which by Anglo-Saxon standards is astonishingly dirigiste in its detail , to order that from now onwards warders are to wear summer and winter uniforms ‘ in conformity with suitable models ’ . |
| 7 | He has taken the scalps of the world number two , Stefan Edberg , then the number three , Pete Sampras , on the way to this final . |
| 8 | But Alain , he is so sensitive , he has taken the affair to heart . |
| 9 | Whether he gave the command to open fire in Vilnius and Riga or is cynically refusing to condemn the thuggery of his troops in order to put pressure on the Baltic republics , he has taken the side of order against law , acting in defiance of those republics ' legally elected parliaments . |
| 10 | ‘ He has taken the brunt of the criticism at our ground , but wrongly so . |
| 11 | And the upshot of it is that he has taken the custody of the de Breos lands from the Earl of Cornwall , and bestowed it upon his beloved justiciar . |
| 12 | He has taken the off-scourings of this world , the apostle Paul said , those that were nothing , and he has made them into something . |
| 13 | He promised to take the cast to him in the morning , and I arranged to call at his office at noon to learn what he had discovered from the dentist . |
| 14 | He wants to take the M&S formula one step further ‘ by offering the customer more flexibility ’ . |
| 15 | Not even his crew know when he wants to take the wheel . |
| 16 | The cop is saying through his bullhorn that he wants to take the baby . |
| 17 | He 'd taken the drug a square of paper like this , which would have distorted his perception and could have accentuated suicidal feelings . |
| 18 | Before she realised what he was intending he 'd taken the crutch from her and propped it out of reach . |
| 19 | Moved by the verdict , Mr Donnellan 's mother said she was proud he 'd taken the case to the police in order to clear himself . |
| 20 | The evening had commenced at a restaurant where Rune had introduced her to koldt bord , the pan-Scandinavian cold buffet-style spread , while he 'd taken the opportunity of finding out more details about Suzie , including her appearance . |
| 21 | The man had been writing in a book , he 'd taken the number of the car with an official air and Cormack had wondered why for a moment , then forgotten . |
| 22 | He 'd taken the lead up here — fear of ambushes or not — poking the roots with his chieftain 's stick of authority . |
| 23 | With the authority of a man used to calling hounds to heel he 'd taken the arm from the dog , wrapped it in a towel and set it on the draining board . |
| 24 | Paul Crossland admitted in court that he 'd taken the cash out of union funds , but said he 'd felt entitled to it because he had saved the union so much money . |
| 25 | I said there was to be a sale , but I would ask the solicitor ; and afterwards , when he came to take the barometer away , he took it down from the wall very , very gently . |
| 26 | But he was so shocked by the experience in Preston , Lancs , he forgot to take the car number . |
| 27 | How was he going to take the news of the hijacking of earthling bodies by extraterrestrial beings ? |
| 28 | He encouraged to take the examiner 's examination and he qualified in the late 1960s . |
| 29 | As he began to take the cork out of a second bottle of wine , she said , ‘ Look … ’ |
| 30 | He declined to take the Home Secretary 's advice to close down the Daily Herald , and declined also to allow Churchill to take over the BBC . |