Example sentences of "be [not/n't] take the " in BNC.
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| 1 | When I say that Dolores had never heard the term gig before joining the band I am not taking the piss or ridiculing her . |
| 2 | We may find that some of the ideas we want to test are very difficult ones ; certainly , in using this particular example of baptism , we are not taking the easiest idea ever put forward . |
| 3 | Buckingham Palace shrugged off the furore , saying : ‘ We are not taking the story seriously . ’ |
| 4 | While other dictionary publishers are not taking the extreme stance taken by COBUILD , corpora are being recognised as increasingly useful tools for creating up-to-date dictionaries that accurately reflect the language . |
| 5 | Earlier that day , Gorbachev had himself appeared to raise the possibility of his stepping down as general secretary at the CPSU congress when , clearly stung by the ferocity of the criticisms being levelled at him , he complained that " people are not taking the general secretary , the President of the country , very seriously " , and added : " It is not a question of me : tomorrow or in 10 or 12 days ' time someone else might be general secretary or party chairman . " |
| 6 | The larger union swallows up the smaller union , and let's get it straight , the T & g are not taking the G M B over . |
| 7 | Alright , oh I see you are not sitting , you are not taking the exams ? |
| 8 | As Divisional Construction Manager , Jim Gillespie says : ‘ The contractors are not taking the estates away from the tenants , but working with them , to improve their environment . ’ |
| 9 | Oh no you 're not to take the top off . |
| 10 | They 're not taking the chance of losing a near-£1 million gate from a match aimed at celebrating the opening of the new £25 million East Stand . |
| 11 | Len , however , had his gaze fixed on David 's face and almost as if he could read his mind , and ignoring the other two , he said roughly , ‘ They 're not taking the case , are they , Doc ? ’ |
| 12 | We 're not taking the blanket all out erm from underneath all of them . |
| 13 | I 'm not taking the bloody drop for them . ’ |
| 14 | I 'm not taking the pictures for the reason I first picked up a camera . |
| 15 | Yes er no , I 'm not taking the planning minutes . |
| 16 | I 'm not taking the mick , I 'm just saying |
| 17 | Listen , listen , listen I 'm not taking the piss out of the point cos I know the point 's very serious but I 'm taking the piss out of the way he said it cos I think he sounded stupid but that does n't mean I have any disrespect for erm |
| 18 | Yeah I know all that but I 'm not taking the piss out of that cos obviously the way he said it ! |
| 19 | From time to time I read about the views of the hon. Member for Holborn and St. Pancras , ( Mr. Dobson ) but I was also interested to read over my cornflakes on Saturday morning the Labour party briefing to the effect that we were not to take the hon. Gentleman too seriously . |
| 20 | They were not taking the hero for granted , but missing him madly and praying that he would be fit to return for the Davis Cup . |
| 21 | So the results for the sales strategy are remarkably similar to the results for the output strategy : the subjects were not taking the time ( the period ) into account on the first repetition — as they should have been — but there were on the second repetition . |
| 22 | When this tour was announced I wondered why Catherine Wheel were n't taking the top spot on this bill considering their higher media profile . |
| 23 | After witnessing the gig I 'm definitely wondering why whey were n't taking the top spot . |
| 24 | These include power to strike out an application because the applicant is not taking the proper steps to further the claim , or because it is ‘ scandalous , frivolous or vexatious ’ . |
| 25 | He is smiling because behind the machine he is not taking the brunt of it , and because he is an earnest yokel who does n't realise what he is doing to people . |
| 26 | Mr French says he 's worried that thye home office is n't taking the matter seriously . |
| 27 | The answer was that she was not taking the carriage far enough past the patterning panel on each row . |
| 28 | The conversation was not taking the line she wanted . |
| 29 | He wrote to the CVCP , in fact , explaining that the CNAA would be considering courses ‘ in Education ’ , that it intended to approach the whole question with care , and that although the Council ‘ was not taking the initiative in seeking to extend its work in the field of Education , several colleges of education had made informal approaches which could not be ignored … |
| 30 | But when Li Yuan finally turned to him it was not to take the halter from him . |