Example sentences of "he [vb past] take [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Your dear brother left quite a few problems behind when he failed to take that corner . |
| 2 | The difference between an action under the Act and a negligence action , is that in the latter the plaintiff must show that the defendant was negligent , i.e. that he failed to take reasonable care in the preparation and putting up of the product . |
| 3 | There Tyndale wrote to urge him to avoid any discussion of the Sacraments , but he failed to take this advice and was convicted as a heretic precisely on this question and was burned . |
| 4 | He tried to take two dogs on . |
| 5 | The inquest into his death found he 'd taken nine times the usual dose of LSD … but recorded an open verdict . |
| 6 | Last May just days before his finals he telephoned his mother in Singapore to say he 'd taken 200 pills . |
| 7 | He 'd taken one look at her ashen face , and steered her out of the swirling throngs of people without needing to be asked . |
| 8 | Unable to face his wife in the bungalow in High Park Avenue and fearful of meeting her in one of the shops if he hung about the town , he set off for another walk along the beach , striking out this time in the opposite direction from the one he 'd taken that morning . |
| 9 | a proper one , hi Holly , alright love , so I went , left it and then I went called back last night after college and he said oh I have n't done it yet come on he said we 'll whiz it on the band saw , put it on the band saw and he 'd taken two nails out that you could n't see you know the , the old stamped cast iron ones , the ends had snapped off |
| 10 | Once or twice he 'd gone to great lengths to deceive me but , more often , he 'd taken little trouble to cover his tracks . |
| 11 | And he 'd taken some alcohol either just before , or with his meal . |
| 12 | At quarter to eleven her old friend Jerry , the Valium addict , wandered in complaining of stomach pains and said he 'd taken another overdose . |
| 13 | He 'd taken another cigarette ! |
| 14 | He looked as if he 'd taken both barrels into his chest at very close range . |
| 15 | As he prepared to take full advantage of the situation he suddenly recalled a horrible memory . |
| 16 | He seemed to take great delight in taking the church for a ride . |
| 17 | I wish he seemed to take more interest in life generally . |
| 18 | Lunn was later promoted to General Assistant and in 1891 he started to take geological photographs in the field . |
| 19 | He should have finished at university long ago , but he kept taking extra courses , changing subjects and things . |
| 20 | Yet , as he revealed in one of his later outbursts , he did take Jewish pupils , perhaps without realising at first that they were so . |
| 21 | Neil , ’ I said , urgently , ‘ he did take this picture tonight , and whatever he took it for , it 's got to mean he 'll be coming back for it , and soon . |
| 22 | The big Gloucester builder was so badly battered in the World Cup campaign that he had to take six months off work — and he and self-employed forward Paul Rendall lost so much money that they successfully appealed for a hardship payment . |
| 23 | He rolled a little closer on the big feather mattress in the big brass bedstead , and put his arms round her — carefully , because he had to take special care of Ruth now . |
| 24 | When asked why it had taken him so long to change his view of IBM , Joseph Payne at Alex Brown & Sons said abruptly that he had to take another call and promised to call back later . |
| 25 | I said , I 'm afraid erm , you know , that so he , he had to take some time , er , we ha we took some time to find the book of the words which |
| 26 | He had had a successful academic career at Cambridge University , where he had taken successive degrees leading up to his PhD . |
| 27 | Zborowski told Carco how he had taken fifteen canvases to a merchant the other morning and wanted very little money for them , but the merchant sent him away … |
| 28 | Once he had taken that view he abdicated , albeit unconsciously , his responsibility to rule on the submissions made . |
| 29 | ‘ If he had taken that product , he would also have tested positive those other days as well , ’ Grollet said . |
| 30 | He had taken all Anna 's coloured chalks , so that she was reduced to standing and watching while he drew the pictures . |