Example sentences of "[noun pl] [vb past] [adv] take [noun] " in BNC.

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1 The Mesopotamian Jews did not take part in the Maccabean rebellion and apparently were unaffected by it .
2 Chris said one of the biggest failings was that parents did not take part in the education of the children , this is where it fell down , that , once the education was seen as a government thing that
3 Confirmations and ordinations did not take place — most of the bishops and many of the religious communities were in exile .
4 The movement may have been divided in this period , but these attacks did not take place without resistance and the value of collective action was learned .
5 and peasant antagonism ought to have been greatest and therefore you on the face of it it seems surprising does n't it that land reforms did n't take place immediately , or they were n't attempting land reform to take place immediately .
6 To say that the death of the pigs did not take place on the same occasion at all and has nothing to do with the miracle .
7 William Whitelaw and his Whips did not take sides in any outward way .
8 In Annie Fox v P G Wellfair Ltd ( in liquidation ) and Philip Fisher v P G Wellfair Ltd ( in liquidation ) [ 1981 ] 2 Lloyd 's Rep 514 , the respondents did not take part in the proceedings but the applicants produced expert evidence at the hearing .
9 I 've enquired of the regular users of this service and they tell me that on the following days the advertised journeys did not take place :
10 This assessment appears valid , but the authorities did not take satisfaction from it .
11 However , one of the arguments put forward by those who support all forms of field sports is that the landowners over whose land foxes and deer are being hunted and game birds shot , will maintain a more natural environment than if such activities did not take place .
12 Hir investigations did n't take hir further than the light beneath Tammuz Malamute 's door .
13 Important shifts did nevertheless take place in ways which profoundly reshaped the organisation of sexuality .
14 That such shifts did indeed take place , is shown by the geological and biological conformity at the edges which once joined together .
15 It is unfortunate that the plaintiffs did not take care to see that the defendant had independent advice in the matter .
16 The main thing was that the parade by the military vehicles did not take place . ’
17 This mission failed when three troop-carrying helicopters crashed in a remote desert area of Iran , and the final release of the hostages did not take place until after the election of 1980 .
18 The meeting between the councillors and local residents did not take place , despite this having been agreed unanimously by the Planning Committee .
19 Government recognized that nurses did not take strike action and believed that it was right to have a system of pay determination which meant that they did not lose by that policy .
20 Robyn wondered why more workmen did n't take advantage .
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