Example sentences of "they [verb] [adv] take [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But if anyone should try to get the better of Jimmy Dick , they 'd better take a lengthy piece of cutlery with them . |
| 2 | It could not be suggested that these justices in the instant case did not take time to consider the matter and it is not suggested , nor could it be , that they did not take a great deal of care in carrying out their duties . |
| 3 | It said that the Government had no policy for industry and no policy for the country , and that if they did not take a new direction there would be no British-owned manufacturing industry left in this country — now answer ! |
| 4 | From the manse the police took away the minister 's cloak , a long black cloak with a hood that he used for funerals , Remembrance Day services , and other outdoor events associated with his ministry ; they removed a broken cross , waiting in a cupboard for repair ; but they did not take the broken-off piece of that cross which was lying at the bottom of the same cupboard . |
| 5 | They did not take the direct coastal route ( 13:17 ) because they were unready to encounter the Philistine forces . |
| 6 | Such mishaps were bad omens , and though the townspeople maintained that they did not take the Wheel seriously they were happier when all went according to plan . |
| 7 | Perhaps they did not take The Courier in the senior common room . |
| 8 | They did n't take a lot of notice of me , and I returned the compliment . |
| 9 | ’ My husband asked them why they did n't take a statement from me four years ago . |
| 10 | if they did n't take the offer of the flat , there was very little else they were going to get . |
| 11 | And I think that was the situation for a lot of people , that erm if they did n't take the the flat that was offered to them , then they would be virtually erm either still on a long waiting list or homeless . |
| 12 | If they did n't take the wrong people in at the end . |
| 13 | I remember one time er these barges , old barges when you used to come up there , they ai n't got any engine in 'em at all because now they got motors in 'em , but erm , at that time , I was asleep one night and er these barges had been up , they 'd been down the the engine room , cos the engine room and the stoke hall was all in one and th and then I was so sound asleep they 'd filled the sacks up with coal and took them up over the and took the only thing they did do they did n't take the shovel they 'd used , cos they bought their shovel from off the barge and they left that downhill that 's how they 'd pinched the coal . |
| 14 | Well they did n't take the gas fire did they ? |
| 15 | You 're lucky that they did n't take the Turtles apart , they did n't open them . |
| 16 | Th they do n't take no notice of it . |
| 17 | Pete says nobody 's pointed a finger , can we get big fobs on like hotel keys so they do n't take the damn things home or leave them in their pockets . |
| 18 | Oh th so they do n't take the files and and them |
| 19 | Design is about the way a product not only looks , but also functions , and for anybody in manufacturing industry or retailing to say they do n't take an interest in it would be perfectly ludicrous , because at the end of the day it is design that causes a product either to be successful or unsuccessful . |
| 20 | Even now , they do n't take an active interest . ’ |
| 21 | There are complaints when they do not take a child into care and there are complaints when they do . |
| 22 | Thick , textured fabrics are unsuitable as they do not take the stiffening well and also produce too much bulk around the roller . |
| 23 | One may hear echoes of this kind of project in I.A. Richards or the New Critics , but they none of them have the same degree of theoretical rigour and consistency , and they do not take the emphasis on the distinctively literary to the same degree . |