Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb base] to take [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I mean to take another example er and this illustrates Mary-Jane 's point about it , it can be conscious , is is n't there a tendency would n't you say John for Clinton to see himself as Kennedy returned ? |
| 2 | I mean to take drastic action in this matter , I assure you . |
| 3 | ‘ I want to take another look at the gibbons . |
| 4 | If there are any factual errors ( or , more likely , lies ) I want to take careful note of them , and correct the record later . |
| 5 | Conscious that the fat woman had seated herself on a stack of biscuit tins and was listening avidly , Joe said ‘ Er , I want to take some groceries to an old lady . |
| 6 | ‘ I want to take this opportunity of thanking you , Mr … , and all the doctors and nurses here who have shown so much kindness to me . |
| 7 | I want to take this tape out really when I gone out to Asda . |
| 8 | Erm about Cubs , I need to take sixty P for my big badge . |
| 9 | I need to take immediate action … |
| 10 | ‘ I need to take some things over to the hospital for Emma , ’ he said . |
| 11 | I have to take each day as it comes . |
| 12 | On the other hand , I am a girl who likes a bit of old-fashioned interest taken in her , and I do get cheesed when I have to take second place , especially when it 's to a dead widow of seventy-odd … ’ |
| 13 | Still I suppose I have to take second place to your work . ’ |
| 14 | " But I have to take calculated risks sometimes . |
| 15 | ‘ I have to take this chance so that come Poland in September the manager 's got a difficult choice . ’ |
| 16 | Once , as he sat cross-legged on his mattress reading , deep in thought , I grabbed both his ankles , and yanked his legs , saying , ‘ Excuse me , but I have to take this wheelbarrow out to the garden . ’ |
| 17 | He said : ‘ When you score three goals away from home you expect to take three points . |
| 18 | ‘ You want to take that brute for a walk ? ’ |
| 19 | The company has then got to say : ‘ If you want to take three months ’ holiday , good luck to you provided the contracted hours are worked . ’ |
| 20 | Erm I mean I should think you want to take some shorts in case it 's warm do you . |
| 21 | All I 'm asking is that you begin to take these methods seriously and consider them alongside your own quantitative skills . |
| 22 | So you begin to take more cocaine , and quite soon you need more and more cocaine to unlock the gates of heaven , and once you reach heaven you do n't want to leave it and so you take still more cocaine , but by then it is n't working . ’ |
| 23 | If not , it gives you time to take evasive action — either to build up your savings to make up for any expected shortfall , or to increase your premiums . |
| 24 | The effects on the body do take a little while to show themselves and sometimes there will be periods when you seem to take three steps forward and two backward . |
| 25 | You get to take these products away . |
| 26 | Next time you decide to take some action , kindly inform me . |
| 27 | But you decide to take some laxatives , again seeing it as a ‘ meaningless ’ incident . |
| 28 | Do I understand that you wish to take legal action in the matter of the will ? ’ |
| 29 | You should let your manager know in advance if you wish to take outside employment in addition to your work for the ES . |
| 30 | You have to take these things step by step . ’ |