Example sentences of "you [vb past] take [adj] " in BNC.

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1 And of course it is the sort of thing one would have told people — something special , idiosyncratic and yet not too intimate about you , and a trait in which ( naturally ) you seemed to take some pride … . ’
2 But then you 'd taken that to be that first woman , that Gill person , Gill
3 If you 'd taken more care … ’
4 you forgot to take that poll tax form to your boss
5 To succeed , you needed to take great care that you peaked just as the winning-post hove into view .
6 You are n't the same person since you started taking those things , Clare .
7 What , you 've only had them since you started taking those tablets ?
8 But you had to take all that worry that
9 Going through the door to the back kitchen you had to take three steps down and immediately to the left was the matchboard door to the garden .
10 ‘ I simply told them that you were my wife and that you had taken all our money and our little girl and were running off to London to be with your lover . ’
11 Suppose also that , on another day , you had taken some shots of the unloading of a catch at the same location .
12 ‘ I thought you refused to take Religious Knowledge classes , ’ he says .
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