Example sentences of "he [vb -s] take [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He must draw deductions about what he thinks took place from the evidence that is presented to him . |
| 2 | Nevertheless he has taken offence . |
| 3 | He has taken things that belong to us . |
| 4 | Robert Maxwell has deployed this tactic with considerable success to limit the circulation of several books about him to which he has taken exception . |
| 5 | My own confessor would absolve you , but he has taken alms and clothing to the hospital and , if I know Father Selwyn , will no doubt spend some time there , helping out … ’ |
| 6 | By choosing to take at face value all the evidence pointing to the futility of the war , and ignoring all those who believed , with patent sincerity , that they were fighting for something worthwhile against something evil , he has taken cynicism to the point of naivety . |
| 7 | He has taken Britain into negative growth , rising unemployment and falling output . |
| 8 | Hardenberger also recalls that the BBC PO 's York performance of Endless Parade — a work so difficult in its string scoring that two or three other orchestras have actually refused to play it with him — is the best he has taken part in so far . |
| 9 | Recently he has taken part in an advertisement for Skol ( amongst others ) and will be appearing in Howard 's Way , in , as he modestly called it , ‘ a walk on part . ’ |
| 10 | He has taken pupils to America where there are lots of Quaker schools . |
| 11 | In the 13 years since Montague broke away from Cables Montague , his father 's trucking company , he has taken Tiphook to pole position in the European container leasing business — a complementary , and vastly bigger , business than trailer leasing — and to second place in the world market behind General Electric subsidiary Genstar . |
| 12 | He has taken Serafin 's measure and knows that he is on top of the situation . |
| 13 | But all that we are requiring of him is that , widening his viewpoint from himself to the community , he has taken account of the communal effects of theft , before , as himself not the weigher but the balance , he allows himself finally to settle against or in favour of taking the money . |
| 14 | admits he has taken risks to make progress . |
| 15 | The applicant is required to certify that he has taken nature conservation into account when implementing his scheme , even though the average farmer can not be expected to be capable of assessing such impacts . |
| 16 | He has taken steps to help resolve the financial difficulties and hopes to return to a normal trading position in due course . |
| 17 | He has taken steps to alleviate the problem of attitude but it is n't always easy to strike the right balance . |
| 18 | On the other hand , the jury can be asked to take the plaintiff 's own conduct into account in reducing damages — if he has taken steps to refute the allegations publicly , or has been cleared of them after a publicised enquiry , or has obtained retractions and damages from other publications , his wounds may be considered to have partially healed . |
| 19 | I offer the Minister the NFU 's five-point agenda , of which I hope he has taken note . |
| 20 | That , and his handling of the Hirst approach , proves he wants to take Wednesday right to the top . |
| 21 | He wants to take photographs . |
| 22 | He 's now 80 and he wants me to live with him — he says he wants to take care of me . |
| 23 | He says taking bobbies out of villages lead to more crime . |
| 24 | He intends to take Vicki ( who knew nothing of his crimes ) back to Earth so that she will support his testimony . |
| 25 | He seems to take assessment of wealth to be unproblematic . |
| 26 | It was David 's first London Marathon but he hopes to take part again next year . |
| 27 | But he hopes to take advantage of the credits recently negotiated with Moscow by economy minister Jürgen Möllemann to secure Soviet orders next year . |
| 28 | Bart ( anagram : Brat ) , a kid with a spiky flat-top , is perpetually in trouble : he enjoys taking snapshots of his own butt , and loses his dad 's job for him . |
| 29 | The haulier may wish to make an early settlement of a consumer credit agreement , for example because he wishes to take advantage of a special seasonal discount being offered on a vehicle . |
| 30 | ‘ God fulfils himself in many ways ’ — because he does take history seriously . |