Example sentences of "take [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I would 'ave took that title , Danny , ’ he said passionately , his voice almost breaking with a note of despair . |
| 2 | Well I 've took that , I took that some years ago but I 've never seen it on show you know ? |
| 3 | I 've been helping everybody who 's took that flu , and I think I 've . |
| 4 | No I do n't think so cos I 've never took that with me . |
| 5 | that 's right , I mean she 's , she 's took some money , or taken some money if , I mean she 'll be home twelve o'clock if it do n't suit her like |
| 6 | I understand is he took some of his out out of their storage , should n't be shifted I said not worth really . |
| 7 | I 've been doing well for the last week , but I took this heavy cold , well from Thursday , since I 've took this heavy cold I 've hardly smoked . |
| 8 | What they did is took half and used it to reduce their contributions and it was a large reduction , it was a reduction from twelve to currently five per cent . |
| 9 | I 've took these off to , to put the bulbs in |
| 10 | We must have been fules , you see , to have took all that trouble to level our things up ! ’ |
| 11 | And it 's took all the fire out of it he there ai n't no fire in that bottom one . |
| 12 | Who 's took all that down there that morning , morning ? |
| 13 | In those days they did n't use mileometers , what they did was they took any particular route number and the number of journeys they did , because in those days a bus kept on a route which applied , say between Witton and Rushmere Heath all day , did n't run around like they do nowadays and erm when the schedules were prepared , each bus had got a route number or was placed on a route number , say one Witton , two Witton , three Witton and a copy of its schedule was recorded on another sheet and the mileage , having known what the mileage was and we 'd used to obtain that from the Borough Surveyor 's Department , er I think it was about nine point one four miles a return trip Witton and Rushmere Heath , er you 'd work out how many journeys they did there and say well that bus was due to run a hundred and twenty six miles during the day . |
| 14 | Nobody 's even took any notice of it . |
| 15 | It takes little imagination to foretell the likely consequences of just one peg disintegrating and flinging its spring or its free arm into the cutter gap during a pass ; or the possible knock-on effect(s) on the rest of the makeshift assembly and the astonished operator if this should happen . |
| 16 | Peter takes little comfort from the fact that the exploration is now centred in an area north of the Doolough Valley , so that any future mining is likely to leave his own watershed unaffected . |
| 17 | Finally Big Bear takes Little Bear out to show that the darkness is n't as black as it seems — and he falls asleep in it , in Big Bear 's arms . |
| 18 | The Common Law takes little interest in the goods , which are of far less importance , and especially of far less public importance , than the land . |
| 19 | She takes little exercise , does not even walk much , and prefers to use the car or public transport . |
| 20 | He takes little interest in me apart from how I look and what my exam results are like . |
| 21 | A stable , or resilient world , at another extreme , takes little notice of our presence . |
| 22 | It takes little thought to see that someone who is physically crippled and confined to a wheelchair may still lead a very full life if his mental and higher faculties are in good order whereas a physically fit but totally demented person has little left to give and little capacity to receive except for physical care and a little love . |
| 23 | However , this idealized picture takes little account of reality . |
| 24 | It takes little to get me on the right lines . |
| 25 | Man takes little account of such greater cycles . |
| 26 | It takes little effort of the imagination to put oneself in Theo 's shoes , and feel the grey , correct , judicious side of his character flinching from the terrifying sincerity of Vincent 's outpourings . |
| 27 | Tom Watson 's interests are mainly technical , and he takes little interest in the retail side of the business . |
| 28 | He said copyart can be practised by people of differing abilities because it takes little or no skill to produce exciting and impressive images . |
| 29 | These factors are worthy of emphasis because in practice they are still dealt with very badly in many organisations and yet it takes little trouble or expertise to make an enormous difference . |
| 30 | It is all very well to say that the production of a new rose plant is a skilled job and best left to specialists , but that takes little account of the satisfaction to be derived and enjoyed by trying something difficult , and being successful . |