Example sentences of "[conj] [adv] [adv] take the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mind you the shit I used to get away with at school , you know , just winding the teachers up and like generally taking the piss , I 'd always pay attention and I 'd always , always get good marks but somehow I think they seem to take pissing about slightly more seriously here . |
| 2 | Yet you will hardly be able to produce a romantic suspense story without at least one such action passage , probably your final confrontation and equally probably taking the form of a chase . |
| 3 | erm For example if erm two people are walking down the street and there 's a certain amount of jostling , then the victim , if he is a victim , may well consider that it 's not violent , or that it 's nothing out of the ordinary , or that it 's something which is acceptable , and then not take the matter any farther . |
| 4 | As you get the last two or three stitches , watch carefully , do n't allow the stitches to stretch too much and then gently take the weight off the knitting as the final stitch passes over the linker latch . |
| 5 | The French were not unprepared , and almost immediately took the offensive . |
| 6 | I thought a cup of sweet English tea or warm camels ' milk and clove and a sleep , and certainly not to take the wheel of one of the cars on their way to Al Ain . |
| 7 | Nick said , but very gently to take the sting out of the words , " You 're not his mother . " |
| 8 | I might as well not take the trouble of calling . ’ |