Example sentences of "i [vb past] take the " in BNC.
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| 1 | I agreed to take the girls there , and for a month I wrote down French words in a little pocket book , to help me on the journey . |
| 2 | I indicated to the Bishop when I agreed to take the canonry that he did n't possess the personal qualities I require in my subordinates . |
| 3 | I wish I was doing more hours , though really , cos like , I got to take the whole day for it , |
| 4 | Since I stopped taking the chlorambucil , the lumps are beginning to return , which is just as well . |
| 5 | Three years ago I stopped taking the Pill because we wanted to have a baby . |
| 6 | She asked me whether I 'd taken the cat to the vet , and I admitted that I had n't . |
| 7 | On Wednesday I met Mrs Matthews in the street and she asked if I 'd taken the cat to the vet and I admitted that I had n't . |
| 8 | ‘ I remember one client who burst into tears before I 'd taken the first snip , ’ said top London stylist Trevor Sorbie . |
| 9 | Crawled until I could see the arrow only because it was pale against the bark , and knew I was already further away than when I 'd taken the last bearing . |
| 10 | I had n't needed to serve her : I 'd taken the tray from Cathy . |
| 11 | I tell ye , I was sorry I 'd taken the trouble . ’ |
| 12 | But at least I 'd taken the first step , and not an easy step , considering what I 'd said to the doctor at our last meeting . |
| 13 | I wish I 'd taken the money now ! finding I was pregnant scared me more than anything , because my sister Vanessa was also pregnant and saying to me , " I 'm pregnant — what am I going to do ? " |
| 14 | But once I 'd taken the plunge and got myself organised , I found it was n't bad at all , and not nearly as difficult as I 'd imagined . ’ |
| 15 | I rather wish I 'd taken the step earlier . |
| 16 | ‘ I did n't find out until after I 'd taken the lease on , but the department store on the corner has taken a lot of our casual trade . ’ |
| 17 | And he only had to wait a couple of erm points left on his licence so if I 'd taken the dangerous thriving or something he could have lost his licence but erm that 's besides the point . |
| 18 | She wanted other children , and by then I 'd taken the decision never to have any more and had a vasectomy . |
| 19 | I had made my decision and I 'd taken the first step . |
| 20 | Well do you know what , I forgot to take the chicken out of the fridge last night so we ca n't have dinner so |
| 21 | I rushed to take the poor little boy in my arms , and Hindley came slowly downstairs . |
| 22 | ‘ So I threatened to take the case to court . ’ |
| 23 | Last Christmas , having loads of time on my hands over the holidays , I decided to take the plunge and make one at least as nice theirs . |
| 24 | I decided to take the bus to Strandhill , on Sligo Bay , and follow the road in a circle around Queen Maeve 's hill of Knocknarea . |
| 25 | I decided to take the boat from Ireland and go up to Scotland . |
| 26 | After a little consideration I decided to take the job on . |
| 27 | Nancy and I decided to take the two . |
| 28 | ‘ When I decided to take the part I was looking for a role that was the opposite of my character Dylan . |
| 29 | While cutting rebates and slots , two problems occurred on the curved members , firstly the glazing rebate because of the weight and length of curved members and the limited table size of my router , I decided to take the router to the wood and not the wood to the router but then realised I would be machining away the surface I wanted to guide the router on i.e the inside face which is the true radius . |
| 30 | I decided to take the road back to Les Glycines . |