Example sentences of "but [pron] take the " in BNC.
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| 1 | But I took the point , for I am neither an institution nor an area of outstanding natural beauty . |
| 2 | But I took the brunt of their anger . |
| 3 | But I took the job . |
| 4 | But I took the insole out put her foot on the insole and her foot goes over the top of it . |
| 5 | no , but I took the bits that I wanted , and my bits and I 'll try and get on that |
| 6 | This tale is challenged in the notes for the Erato album ; but I take the above quotation from the memoirs of Tchaikovsky 's close friend Nikolay Kashkin , and it rings true enough . |
| 7 | But I take the humanitarian line that this permits Mr Tim to engage in full imaginative sympathy with those tongues of Babel who throw themselves on his mercy . |
| 8 | I 've done that on trains , I 've done that on a tour bus quite recently , and of course the response you get can be very , very aggressive and that 's sometimes quite hard to handle but I take the precaution of always checking before I go somewhere that I 'm going to , I 'm going to be backed up , for example , erm before I go I purchase my holiday , I actually checked with the tour company that they did n't allow smoking on the buses |
| 9 | I 'm an academic , but I take the view that it 's probably better to let the peak birthrate come into universities and higher education in nineteen eighty two and nineteen eighty three , rather than to cut back on universities . |
| 10 | But none took the trouble to complain , to seek out the origin , true name and the lair of Rubberneck . |
| 11 | " She was exactly the same as she is now , but she took the trouble to hide the fact . |
| 12 | Charlotte sounded sad , but she took the packet , and put it in her room . |
| 13 | She had only the tiniest portion of porridge , a Baby Bear portion , but she took the longest to eat it , nibbling in tiny crumbs from the edge of the spoon . |
| 14 | He glanced towards Rain but she took the lofty view that bribing security men was not her concern . |
| 15 | He locked away his books on Catholic theology but she took the bus to the Westminster Cathedral and bought more from the bookshop there . |
| 16 | Mrs Diggory looked taken aback for a moment , but she took the hand and then ushered the lady inside , talking all the while . |
| 17 | Julia did n't care a sod about that kid , she 'd let her to scream on , stand in the middle of the garden screaming , indoors screaming and she said to me I have no feelings for her whatsoever but she took the bloody money every week and this is what 's so wrong , nobody knows how she er was as that child , only people like us who would hear |
| 18 | The acting honours go to Jennifer Jason Leigh , daughter of Pyscho star Janet Leigh , but she takes the role of villain rather than potential victim . |
| 19 | In 1964 , it was argued that we could not provide an adequate deterrent without five boats , but we took the decision to proceed with only four and we carried it through . |
| 20 | ‘ But we took the foot off the pedal in the second half , and with so much at stake that 's not good enough . ’ |
| 21 | But we take the very best equipment we can find , and train as hard as we can , in order to avoid discomfort . ’ |
| 22 | But we take the threat potential of this world fairly seriously . |
| 23 | But they take the Institute to task for criticising the level of services they are able to offer their members . |
| 24 | But they take the rules pretty seriously . |
| 25 | But they take the interpretive attitude toward these abstract propositions , and their opinions about Elmer 's legal rights express an interpretation rather than a direct and uncontroversial application of the institution of legislation . |
| 26 | But he took the tip nevertheless . |
| 27 | Vologsky was puzzled even more , but he took the hint . |
| 28 | But he took the evening paper suggestion more seriously , and it eventually emerged as the London Daily News , which was changed ambitiously at the last minute into Britain 's first twenty-four-hour ‘ rolling newspaper ’ , aimed at pulling both evening and morning sales . |
| 29 | ‘ But he took the number of the car in Larne . ’ |
| 30 | The caddie 's face showed his disapproval but he took the cover off the driver and handed it to his pro . |