Example sentences of "we take [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | alright , shall we take this space suit off you while ya |
| 2 | I think Richard 's asking the question shall we take this item now or later . |
| 3 | Why do we take some things as natural , unavoidable , and others as socially shaped and changeable ? |
| 4 | ‘ Shall we take some coffee now ? ’ |
| 5 | ‘ Should we take some bloods for chemistry , Dr Reynolds ? ’ she asked mildly . |
| 6 | A former Conservative agriculture minister , Michael Jopling ( Westmorland and Lonsdale ) , said : ‘ Can not we take some comfort from the fact that our safety rules and our arrangements are such that such a minute dose leads to widespread concern and a Commons statement ? ’ |
| 7 | As we took one house in the queue would form again . |
| 8 | We took four years to do it , partly so people would get accustomed to the idea , and it was fantastic that during those four years people worked at least as hard and as well as they had in the previous four . |
| 9 | We took great care to avoid these . |
| 10 | Some multicentre studies have been published in aggregate and separately , and we took great care to avoid including the same results more than once . |
| 11 | We were very close in the sense that I could ask him anything at any time , and we took great pleasure in each other 's company . ’ |
| 12 | We have not yet been sufficiently educated to realize that the risk of dying from the greatest killer disease in the Western world could be drastically reduced if only we took preventative measures by eating sensibly and looking after our bodies . |
| 13 | We took that wall to pieces with supreme care , with an almost surgical skill . |
| 14 | I you know if we took that course as an example and wh what would |
| 15 | We took that hill at a cracking pace , and as we handed over at the crest , and dropped back to the end of the column , Fr Courtney called out ‘ Well done I ’ to us . |
| 16 | until we took that train |
| 17 | In the Meer area we , we , we 've built Meer First School into an annexe and we took surplus places out , so we have done something , and he does n't seem to even acknowledge that , which I find concerning . |
| 18 | We took little William with us into the garden . |
| 19 | You were asleep , so we did n't wake you ; but we took little Billy to see . |
| 20 | Although we took little heed of his departure , Ruth and I watched Alec being interviewed on TV when he returned . |
| 21 | We took ready-filleted salmon , some cooked prawns , a packet of mixed rice and mayonnaise , and wrapped them in filo pastry for a delicious seafood parcel , ideal as an alternative Christmas dinner or for a Boxing Day buffet . |
| 22 | We took each other , body and soul , for granted when we were little , Harriet , we do n't quarrel , we do n't . |
| 23 | For an overview we took each party 's average score across the four party images , and each leader 's average score across the twelve leader images . |
| 24 | We took essential supplies and equipment to six orphanages in the Bucharest area , in a convoy of two horseboxes and three container lorries — the improvements since last year within the orphanages were extremely encouraging , making our efforts seem very worthwhile . |
| 25 | We took two hunks and , with the help of a carefully selected team of experts , made them even hunkier ! |
| 26 | No , neither were we when we took two trips to London in a fortnight . |
| 27 | Ian came with us part of the way , so we took two cars and left ours at the finishing point and Ian 's at the entrance to the track . |
| 28 | To limit sampling error , we took multiple biopsy specimens at standardised sites . |
| 29 | No Epigas screw-in cartridges are available other than in Grenoble , and we took enough meths for the Trangia . |
| 30 | And we took those floors out cos they were recent and and we put these arch braces back in again using the pattern that . |