Example sentences of "he take an [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When Willie Ofahengaue gets going he takes an awful lot of stopping , so the Baa-Baas need to prevent him getting into top gear . |
| 2 | He takes an impish delight in shocking the press and dismaying the clients as he prepares to change direction : ‘ To be provocative is important , and change is vital for personal survival . |
| 3 | Does Bonanza suggest how anybody is supposed to get the death cleared up when he takes an important witness thirty miles away ? |
| 4 | He takes an active role in key planning and new model decisions — most recently to start manufacturing a new car in the US — while , say employees , being happy to let others take the credit . |
| 5 | ‘ Does he take an active part in the life of the parish ? |
| 6 | Utterly disillusioned with the cynical and incompetent leadership of Stalin and the Communist Party , his faith in the Soviet system finally broken by seeing his army destroyed around him , he took an irrevocable decision . |
| 7 | ‘ That 's a relief , ’ he replied drolly , but there was amusement in his eyes , she was glad to note , and as he took an easy-chair opposite he requested , ‘ Please do . ’ |
| 8 | Lorre put his arm around the bush , soothing it as if it were a favourite niece in whose person he took an unhealthy interest . |
| 9 | He took an involuntary pace forward and raised the shotgun to point straight at Angel One 's face . |
| 10 | He was able to get away for a two week holiday in Switzerland at the end of August , where he relaxed and swam in Lake Geneva : it was the one European country which he found not to have changed out of all recognition , and he took an annual holiday there . |
| 11 | He took an immaculate hankie from his pocket and wiped the streak of dust from Luce 's face , before answering , ‘ It 's certainly worth a try . ’ |
| 12 | He took an unclassified degree in Modern Languages . ’ |
| 13 | He took an early lead which he never conceded , winning eventually by seven seconds from Martin Hinson ( Helsby ) . |
| 14 | He took an unconcerned mouthful of his whisky and rolled it in his mouth as he smiled and told her , ‘ Alas , you see , your brother and I have crossed swords again . ’ |
| 15 | So he took an extraordinary step , going directly to Moktadir , the Moslem ruler of Saragossa , and pledging his sword and men to the Moorish prince . |
| 16 | Off the back of the door he took an old net shopping-bag that his Mum hardly ever used and stuffed the carton and biscuits into it . |
| 17 | And he took an old newspaper from the heap . |
| 18 | He took an eagle-3 in the first round and followed it with par , eagle , birdie … 3 , 5 , 3 , 4 . |
| 19 | He took an active part in many School societies , and was also an editor for the Oxford University Press and official of the Assistant Masters ' Association . |
| 20 | Convinced that the general public had an unsatisfied thirst for knowledge , he took an active part in several educational activities . |
| 21 | From early youth Cayley was a keen proponent of parliamentary reform , and he took an active part in local Whig politics . |
| 22 | He took an active interest in the waterworks , town planning , housing problems , and in the preservation of the city 's green spaces and ancient monuments . |
| 23 | At first he took an exuberant delight in the books and in embellishing them with fantastic quasi-scientific detail , for , after the slapstick of his first book with its visit to the comic African court of the Jolliginki where the black Prince Bumpo yearns to be white , the tone is increasingly sophisticated and inventive . |
| 24 | He took an informed interest in the sacred value of confession . |
| 25 | As he took an eager gulp from his glass , he decided that Hank ought to tell his mother what he had been doing . |
| 26 | He took an extreme position on law reform as well as in matters religious , and his fellow millenarians took to meeting regularly at his house to concert their parliamentary tactics . |
| 27 | He took an experimental mouthful of fried egg and waited to see if it was going to suit him , then progressed to the baked beans , cautiously . |
| 28 | In January 1978 he took an elaborate escape route with his family to Britain , as recounted in the 1987 film Cry Freedom , in which Steve Biko 's story was also told . |
| 29 | ‘ You 're telling me you were n't leading him on ? ’ he challenged toughly , a muscle beating angrily in his temple as , as though striving hard for control , he took an enraged step away . |