Example sentences of "but [pers pn] take [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | ‘ Oh , my ma and pa said exactly the same things to me when I was a kid , but I took no notice of it . ’ |
2 | There were lots of other people in there , but I took no notice of them . |
3 | But I took no notice , pushing through trees and bushes , and ran until I could run no longer . |
4 | My uncle and aunt shook me , their faces red and eyes wet , but I took no notice of them . |
5 | But I took no notice ! |
6 | no , but I took the bits that I wanted , and my bits and I 'll try and get on that |
7 | But I took the job . |
8 | But I took the brunt of their anger . |
9 | But I took the point , for I am neither an institution nor an area of outstanding natural beauty . |
10 | But I took the insole out put her foot on the insole and her foot goes over the top of it . |
11 | Our children , 9 , and , 10 , are still asleep , but I take a cup to my wife before leaving home in time to arrive at the Grain Terminal before 7.00 am . |
12 | I walk out to the bus , I get on the bus at the end of Care Street , I walk right along Care Street , right up Dawsons Street , brisk walk and then I 'm walking around the garage , I do n't do that much walking now , the bloody car , but I take a walk at lunchtime and I walk down to the bar , walking , if you walk , that would be total couple of miles a day |
13 | Occasionally I change a banner but I take no responsibility . |
14 | I 've done that on trains , I 've done that on a tour bus quite recently , and of course the response you get can be very , very aggressive and that 's sometimes quite hard to handle but I take the precaution of always checking before I go somewhere that I 'm going to , I 'm going to be backed up , for example , erm before I go I purchase my holiday , I actually checked with the tour company that they did n't allow smoking on the buses |
15 | I 'm an academic , but I take the view that it 's probably better to let the peak birthrate come into universities and higher education in nineteen eighty two and nineteen eighty three , rather than to cut back on universities . |
16 | The job was still done in daylight hours , but you took an hour and half out every day like , but that 's |
17 | I had explained this to Aunt Louise , who enjoyed her bath and filled it almost to the top ; but she took no notice , becoming affronted and resentful if I reminded her . |
18 | But she took no notice . |
19 | He spoke in a calm voice to her for he thought that the wind was upsetting her , but she took no notice and came at him again , and again . |
20 | Two window-cleaners threw her a cheerful obscenity , but she took no notice . |
21 | Rohan reached for her again , but she took a step backwards , staring round her , straining her ears . |
22 | But she took a dislike to it for some reason , she would n't go in it . |
23 | He locked away his books on Catholic theology but she took the bus to the Westminster Cathedral and bought more from the bookshop there . |
24 | Charlotte sounded sad , but she took the packet , and put it in her room . |
25 | " She was exactly the same as she is now , but she took the trouble to hide the fact . |
26 | Mrs Diggory looked taken aback for a moment , but she took the hand and then ushered the lady inside , talking all the while . |
27 | I tell her not to but she takes no notice . ’ |
28 | The acting honours go to Jennifer Jason Leigh , daughter of Pyscho star Janet Leigh , but she takes the role of villain rather than potential victim . |
29 | ‘ But we took the foot off the pedal in the second half , and with so much at stake that 's not good enough . ’ |
30 | In 1964 , it was argued that we could not provide an adequate deterrent without five boats , but we took the decision to proceed with only four and we carried it through . |