Example sentences of "[not/n't] take [prep] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 But the princesses will be my sisters-in-law — and I can feel it in my bones that we shall just not take to each other at all !
2 Often this sort of breathing is accompanied by raising the shoulders and pushing forward the front part of the chest ; it does not take in much air or provide the opportunity to have much control over it .
3 What we could not take by political intrigue and threats we took by ‘ gun-boat diplomacy ’ .
4 Barry made an agitated sighing noise which I did n't take to one bit .
5 Yet even if there is a little textural variety in the CD as a whole , in performances as polished as these you ca n't begrudge the time spent listening to such uniformly lovely music — it just does n't take to end-to-end listening .
6 I did n't take in one word of French .
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