Example sentences of "of take a [adj] [noun sg] in " in BNC.
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| 1 | Bob made a point of taking a benevolent interest in Morris over the next few days , to balance out Dyson 's hostility . |
| 2 | He saw them off on honeymoon and did n't know what to do with the weeks they were going to be away , until he thought of taking a total-immersion course in Italian . |
| 3 | Sinn Fein , including chairman Tom Hartley , won three seats in Lower Falls on the first count and were confident of taking a fourth seat in the area . |
| 4 | The talk was even between all four of them — neither man wanting the women to leave for a moment and both women , though diffident to start with , more than capable of taking a full part in the ‘ manly ’ subjects of politics and warfare and the economy of the country which George and John-Augustus batted about , rather sweepingly . |
| 5 | He played Bobby Dupea with explosive sensitivity , as a promising musician who rejects a career to become an oil-rigger ; a rebel who , like Nicholson himself , had the chance of taking a particular course in life which would have provided him with comfort and stability , but chose a different route to that which might have been expected of him . |