Example sentences of "he take a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He takes a kindly interest in David , whose father he had buried , as he recalls when he takes the boy to his shop to be measured for mourning for his mother 's funeral . |
| 2 | He takes a long draw on the J , while I sit there thinking , Oh shit , then he hands the number back to me again with a big grin on his face . |
| 3 | He takes a broad view of this symphony and shapes it superbly according to his own very distinctive view of it . |
| 4 | For example , you could offer to look after the children for the weekend while he takes a well-earned break . |
| 5 | Fumaroli 's book is a polemic and he takes a savage pleasure in destructive rather than constructive criticism of Jack Lang 's Ministry of Culture . |
| 6 | So they call out the local Jesuit priest , he takes a good sniff and says it 's haunted . |
| 7 | The hon. Gentleman will know , for he takes a close interest in this matter , that from next year , there is an extra £2.7 billion for the health service in its next budget , in a few day 's time — up another 5 per cent. , including efficiency gains . |
| 8 | The cold wind ruffles his hair and makes him flinch for a moment , but it is refreshing after the stale warmth of the house , and he takes a deep breath or two on his way to the garage . |
| 9 | He takes a threatening step towards me . |
| 10 | So another over full of effort from David Lawrence , he takes a massive breath and then heaves himself off some distant corner of the field . |
| 11 | He takes a quick kick dead straight towards goal … which shearer runs onto and scores . |
| 12 | And he takes a particular interest in his garden . |
| 13 | Last April he outpointed the fancied George Collins , and he takes a dim view of last week 's easy win by Laing over Collins at Reading . |
| 14 | To make this precise , he takes a well-defined notion of instrumental rationality ( Zweckrationalität ) from economics , as specified for an ideal-type case where the agent is fully rational and the rational choice fully calculable . |
| 15 | Will he take a personal interest in stopping this scandalous dumping and make sure that the overshoot is clawed back during the next two years , the time remaining to the EC-Chinese trade agreement ? |
| 16 | He took a casual step towards her , and extended a mock-polite hand . |
| 17 | He took a tentative bite and then started howling again , so I had to open a tin of Whiskas — turkey flavour , full price . |
| 18 | He took a tentative step towards Helen , stretched out his hand . |
| 19 | Yet , poorer as it made him , he took a certain pride in keeping his wife . |
| 20 | He took a certain route leading to another kind of life and ended up famous . |
| 21 | Now , as he was waiting , he took a dispirited look around . |
| 22 | He took a straight line towards the gates and found the gun at once . |
| 23 | Releasing her shoulders , he took a firm grip on her arm and began steering her towards the steps down to the lawn . |
| 24 | On occasion he took a personal interest in the apprehension and punishment of poachers who took his deer , and his Attorney-General took proceedings in the Star Chamber against offenders in the Wiltshire forests . |
| 25 | Then he took a brilliant catch at deep square lag to dismiss Lancashire dangerman Lloyd , and grabbed two wickets with his medium pace for good measure . |
| 26 | He took a nervous sip from his glass . |
| 27 | He took a cumbered step forward , and Diniz Vasquez strode into his path and stood unarmed before him . |
| 28 | He took a hasty pace towards her , and she flung out a hand . |
| 29 | In 1876 he took a similar position at the Blaenavon ironworks in Monmouthshire under the management of Edward Martin . |
| 30 | Then he took a loud drink and looked out of the window . |