Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb past] [pron] take a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I told him to take a miss on the instruction part . |
| 2 | ‘ I told him to take a break and have a rethink about the rest of the meeting . ’ |
| 3 | I heard she took a chicken in the basket to the vet and put the cat in the oven . ’ |
| 4 | I knew it took a while to finish a board : there was not just the shaping , but the painting and the glassing . |
| 5 | I saw him take a look at the boat-house first , then , when I suppose he saw you were n't home , he went up towards the house , and after a bit he came back with a bag , you know , like Santa Claus , slung over his shoulder . |
| 6 | He ignored the mop , just staring at me , and I saw him take a breath ready to defy me so I spoke before he could . |
| 7 | I can give evidence that I s right for , say , we 'll go back to his , his er idea , suspicion of murder , I can say I saw him take a hammer and whack him , split his head open , he dropped down dead . |
| 8 | When it first went off some time ago it would n't go but one day I took I took a jelly out in a glass dish and it bonked this thing and the light came on again . |
| 9 | I thought this was quite early in the case for an aggravation , so I had him take a dose every other day after diluting the remedy in a second glass of water . |
| 10 | As I relaxed I took a look around to see what was going down , just as we pulled away from the lights and turned left . |
| 11 | She asked us to take a seat until called and while Kenneth readied the contents of his briefcase , I studied fellow patients , fabricating their life stories . |
| 12 | Then , once inside the sitting-room , she bade him take a seat . |
| 13 | Er and was it said she saw somebody take a cake . |
| 14 | When she thought about Simon , she felt herself taking a step into another world . |
| 15 | He asked me to take a message to the Blackpool Conference conveying to the delegates that he felt that he could not lead the Party at the General Election , and inviting those whose business it was to do so , to take soundings about the future leadership . |
| 16 | He asked me to take a seat and listen to some music he would put on . |
| 17 | He let me take a box of groceries ( Sainsbury 's of course ) while he unloaded a couple of suitcases from the boot . |
| 18 | Yes , and he told me to take a spoonful |
| 19 | Yes , and he told me to take a spoonful |
| 20 | He urged me to take a day off and visit him . |
| 21 | Everywhere he went he took a book-bag . |
| 22 | When he left he took a pile of exercise books , a scrapbook and a diary , but a first glance at their contents did not suggest that they were going to be fruitful . |
| 23 | She was able anyhow , when he suggested they take a walk around Karlovy Vary , to put her worries to one side , and give herself up wholeheartedly to the idea . |