Example sentences of "but [pers pn] take [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But I take great pride in the officer 's performance . ’ |
| 2 | At her best User Friendly would take some beating , but I take Bonny Scot to uphold the family tradition and confirm Cumani 's faith . |
| 3 | ‘ Clarice Cliff was a hard taskmistress — I had to report to her every day — but she took great interest in the progress of young trainees and her husband , Colley Shorter , the chairman of her company , arranged for me to take day classes at Newcastle College of Art when I was doing National Service with the RAF stationed in Northumberland , ’ he recounted . |
| 4 | But she took extra care if she was out with them alone . |
| 5 | She 's getting on now , but she takes good notice of whatever anyone says . |
| 6 | All the birds in the forest knew about them ; but they took good care to keep away when Cassowary and Bower-bird came racketing through the jungle . |
| 7 | His neat modern home — his study stuffed with the 100 or so original runners for the 1989 Booker Prize , whose judging panel he is chairing — is still close to the University of Birmingham , where he became Professor of English in 1976 , but he took early retirement two years ago . |
| 8 | The domestic events of the spring of 1937 were not without importance but he took small part in them , and a cursory reading of the Cabinet minutes might suggest that he had already retired in mind . |
| 9 | McKoy , having already been called back for one false start , would have been disqualified for a second offence — but he took full advantage of his head-start to pip Jackson for the gold . |
| 10 | But it takes great courage for a politician to try and persuade voters of that fact . |
| 11 | Roses are naturally at their most beautiful in summer , but it takes year-long care to ensure they maintain their glory . |