Example sentences of "did [adv] take [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He was advised by doctors Continued on Page 3 Continued from Page 1 that a degenerative disc might need surgery if he did not take complete rest . |
| 2 | My detectives had established your many moves and it did not take much intelligence to realise why . ’ |
| 3 | Again , although I visited her regularly , taking little presents ; remembered her birthday and saw to it that her sons did the same ; looked after her once when she was ill ; and respected my husband 's love for her , I did not take much notice of her suggestions : ‘ My mother seems to think … |
| 4 | One approach is to hire a sociologist to peer into the black box ( the quotation from Heusch 1981 : 423 , and p. 46 in this book about the role of the sociologist is apposite here ) , in a similar way to anthropologists who sought to tell colonial administrators how to avoid irritating the people they governed ( although , according to Feuchtwang 1973 , the administrators did not take much notice of what they had to say ) . |
| 5 | If they did not take legal advice before buying property together , its division could be complicated . |
| 6 | I was interested in my work and I did not take one day 's holiday during the next two years . |
| 7 | But the law did not take specific account of Arabs who left their homes for fear that Israeli forces might cause them harm — the reason most Arabs give for their sudden departure . |
| 8 | The controversial nature of Gates 's nomination was highlighted when many of his supporters , most notably Boren , warned him that they would be watching closely to ensure that he did not take retaliatory action against his critics within the CIA . |
| 9 | Those who were closest to her were going to make sure she did not take that gift for granted . |
| 10 | For years nurses had wanted special pay arrangements which recognized that they did not take industrial action in pursuit of their pay claims . |
| 11 | All that was assuming the government did not take direct action to dissolve the boards . |
| 12 | At Great Dunmow Inspector Martin Reed said often people did not take enough care when leaving their cars , which could remain unlocked , or with keys in the ignition . |
| 13 | Overall the 1986 Act made many detailed changes , it extended and rationalized means tests , but it did not take social security in the radical new direction that ‘ negative income tax ’ or ‘ social dividend ’ advocates were suggesting . |
| 14 | I would not be so ungallant as to doubt the word of the hon. Member for West Bromwich , East today , but given the pressure that Labour Members placed on that Bill , a serious question mark would hang over any Labour Secretary of State who did not give way to pressure regarding the timetabling of a public inquiry procedure and who did not take some time to allow the result to be published or deliberated on . |
| 15 | That is to say , I did not take sufficient account of the fact that at that time of the day , what Mr Farraday enjoys is a conversation of a lighthearted , humorous sort . |
| 16 | The criticisms were not specific : British people were not well enough trained in comparison with people from some other countries , their training did not take sufficient account of what employers wanted , there was too little emphasis on the connection between the launching of new enterprises and the training of people in readiness for and in order to follow the consequences of those launches — and the absence of collaborative management in the past had led to poorly organized training . |
| 17 | In this case we did not take sufficient care . |
| 18 | The people who heard the rumour and did not take any action are as guilty as the man who used the clenbuteriol . |
| 19 | As his title suggests , his conclusions were based simply on reason ; in other words , they did not take any account of observations of the universe . |
| 20 | But Joe did not take any notice . |
| 21 | Mr Dear has said he did not take earlier action because he was told there was no evidence to suggest a wider conspiracy . |
| 22 | The other question that needs answering is why the RCM did not take more care in choosing foster parents . |
| 23 | By 1904 most of the best of non-academic German painters were Secession members , and after the St Louis affair even most establishment figures did not take academic painting seriously . |
| 24 | With a snarl Death reached out a bony finger and stopped the man 's heart , but he did n't take much pride in it . |
| 25 | In fact the chronicle succeeds in having its cake and eating it , all the way back to the stir caused by Nicholas Stavrogin 's arrival in ‘ our town ’ , when it is recorded among other things that he seemed to know a lot — ‘ But of course it did n't take much knowledge to astonish us ’ . |
| 26 | It did n't take much anaesthetic to render the exhausted patient unconscious , and , as Sophie made the first incision , she put aside her dislike of being critically watched by her professional rival and concentrated on her life-saving task . |
| 27 | Cami knickers and french knickers became popular because they did n't take much material and were economic in coupons . |
| 28 | And he did n't take much interest in my mother either and that put enough emotional pressure on her to maybe no , not be such a good mother as she might otherwise have been . |
| 29 | But it seemed the doctor could persuade Sarah to do anything , for it did n't take much argument to convince her that it was wrong to be ungracious . |
| 30 | But , like most mothers , I did n't take much notice of the dangers until my son , at about 18 months old , nibbled a poisonous plant . |