Example sentences of "that [pers pn] took [art] " in BNC.

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1 I am glad that my hon. Friend believes that I took a wise decision over those courthouse closures and they remain open .
2 This is taking up time , but if hon. Members are alleging that I took a point of order from the hon. Member for Surbiton ( Mr. Tracey ) , I did so because the Chair has to hear the point of order if it is alleged that something unparliamentary happened during the course of Question Time .
3 That I took the commandments quite literally was not surprising .
4 ‘ The second alleged that I took the players off to Henlow Grange for four days before the Cup-tie with Charlton last season without his say-so … although we did exactly the same thing for the previous round .
5 It was through the need to obtain money for this that I took the part-time job with Mrs Morton and her husband , Weary Willy .
6 It was for that reason that I took the stand I did , and put forward the views that I did .
7 They form a national network and it is from their conference statement that I took the above quotations .
8 It was in the late summer of 1937 that I took the train to Newark , in Nottinghamshire , and paid a visit to Kelham , centre of the Community of the Resurrection .
9 So I 've , cut it off stuck that I took the
10 LSE graduate Lesley Satchell tells me that she took a teaspoonful of oil to her arthritic grandmother Mrs Wyn Butler .
11 As for Dinah , she was so greatly given to her acting that she took no notice of any of the young men .
12 He gave her a look of such hatred that she took an involuntary step backwards .
13 Chrissie can not deny that she took the items , but she might well argue that she thought Fred had the authority to let her have them , and unless we can show that she had been told otherwise our prosecution might well fail , especially since the law traditionally recognizes that ‘ perks ’ are a feature of the catering industry .
14 That you took a job in the ski-shop at Soldeu because you were ‘ resting ’ , as you people call it when you 're out of work — ’
15 ‘ What pains me is that you took the opportunity when I was sick unto death to steal Prince Edward 's heart from me , ’ she said to Joan , having informed her of the plan .
16 But the fact that you took the trouble to ‘ phone is a point strongly in your favour …
17 And was it off this one central chamber that you took the tank chambers round ?
18 And their dates of birth and the day that you took the photo and where it was .
19 After the second of these excursions he came back to Marian 's side with : ‘ Is it not time that we took a look into this sack ? ’
20 The House will recall that we took a strong lead in the international effort to help the Kurds in Iraq .
21 Had you asked me that question ten or fifteen years ago , I 'd be mildly embarrassed , because I would have said that we took a very rigid attitude , where we insisted that people work full-time .
22 But that that we took the view that you know people were entitled to go to an H E institution , and and keep up to date with what was happening there every year .
23 Is it not time that we took the Agenda for Peace seriously and gave the UN the resources it needs to save this and future generations from the scourge of war .
24 Those critics of the police who argue that they took a partisan position can at least point to legal authority that would have justified a different approach .
25 This did not necessarily mean that they took a very exalted view of their own importance .
26 ‘ The record company is used to dealing with rock and roll , ’ says Nicky , ‘ and the fact that they took a chance reflects really well on them .
27 I think what went wrong was that they took a lot of their ideas from western countries and they sort of felt because this was in all the other countries , we should bring it to Ireland as well .
28 For instance , there was poor communication with mothers in the weighing room because the nurses were so occupied with the recording of weights that they took no time to explain these to the mothers .
29 ‘ I think it was incredible that they took the line that they did by seeking to say it was the Prime Minister who should apologise and not the Daily Mirror . ’
30 Many of the new middle class girls ' schools sought to show that they took the problem of adolescent development seriously by appointing doctors to safeguard the welfare of their charges , and until well into the twentieth century pupils attending the Girls ' Public Day School Trust schools , the first of which opened in 1872 , went to school only in the mornings so that they should avoid strain and be allowed to be at home with their mothers in the afternoons .
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