Example sentences of "he [verb] not take " in BNC.
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| 1 | They agree with Cohen 's argument that working-class boys are likely to form and join delinquent subcultures , but they feel he has not taken account of the different and specialised types of subculture that exist . |
| 2 | Although he has not taken alcohol in twenty-five years , the craving for it is still there . |
| 3 | But he has not taken the word of a wiser man on trust , his private test has confirmed it for him . |
| 4 | ‘ He has not taken these drugs , I hope . ’ |
| 5 | Compare this to the golfer in diagram B. He has not taken such a positive approach to the same tee-shot , and has failed to stand behind the ball-to-target line before addressing the ball . |
| 6 | The party of the hon. Member for Belfast , West ( Mr. Adams ) — although he has not taken his seat — was also in opposition . |
| 7 | On LIFFE the 50% cross allows the broker/dealer to pre-match half the order , provided he has not taken one side of the cross himself , and he has filled the other half of the order in the pit . |
| 8 | Where an advertisement becomes subsequently misleading , an offence is committed under s20(2) if , in the course of a business , the supplier reasonably expected reliance on the advertisement and he has not taken steps which are reasonable to prevent reliance on this indication . |
| 9 | and then that chap that used to come a bit , he says not to take er what is that thing that you use ? |
| 10 | But what would have happened to him if he 'd not taken the cattle down I do n't know . |
| 11 | If the hint was directed at the boy , he seemed not to take it . |
| 12 | We have already noted that he is loquacious on certain topics , but he implicates an attitude of , at least , indifference to McKendrick by the way he appears not to take up turns allocated to him enthusiastically , and to allocate turns to McKendrick infrequently . |
| 13 | ‘ Originally he decided not to take up the option because he thought it would upset me , ’ Miranda said lamely . |
| 14 | He decided not to take part in the creation of the United Alkali Co. in 1890 , but amalgamated his company with another midland Leblanc soda manufacturer , Hunt & Sons of Wednesbury , in 1898 to form Chance & Hunt Ltd . |
| 15 | He chose not to take legal proceedings against his ex-partner and the company was put into liquidation ( second attempt at sabotage ) . |
| 16 | He did not take sides against Abstraction , even though he was one of the organisers of a Surrealist exhibition in London in 1937 . |
| 17 | Mr Dear has said he did not take earlier action because he was told there was no evidence to suggest a wider conspiracy . |
| 18 | He did not take many head blows . ’ |
| 19 | He did not take Eleanor there in the end , though , as there was one that was even nearer and cheaper . |
| 20 | But he did not take in the words . |
| 21 | For Darwin , this estimate was embarrassingly short , although fortunately he did not take it too seriously . |
| 22 | Although Rainald was a cleric , he did not take his religious vocation with any great seriousness , and on many occasions used his intelligence to give imperial policies an anti-papal effect . |
| 23 | Indeed it is perhaps a pity that he did not take his own advice , after writing in the New Guide ‘ for the author of the present work might with greater ease , and probably with more advantage to himself , have worked up for the amusement of the eye a number of drawings and paintings during the time he has been engaged in this matter of mere utility ’ . |
| 24 | For Mr Robins , Inge felt the beginnings of a schoolgirl crush and hated him when he did not take her side . |
| 25 | He did not take part in the false publicity that some aides drummed up before the tour . |
| 26 | He did not take long in drinking his tea but by the time he had finished it , he saw that she was no longer at the counter , her place having been taken by another girl . |
| 27 | PICKED UP another £30,000 for sabbaticals — study leave — that he did not take . |
| 28 | In particular , he did not take the opportunity to restore the land to the heir general , his close ally Ralph lord Neville , but simply added it to his fund of patronage . |
| 29 | When he returned to England from Calcutta , which he did as soon as he was well enough to travel , he did not take up the glorious and interesting life that was waiting for him there , as one would have expected . |
| 30 | Although he might on one level enjoy his fame and success , his own tendency to withdraw from the world turned such fame into a kind of game which he was happy to play but which he did not take altogether seriously . |