Example sentences of "[noun sg] [pers pn] [adv] take " in BNC.
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| 1 | It 's a crime you never took it up , darling . |
| 2 | ‘ Passion 's prisoners , ’ she offered with acid amusement but none of the simple pleasure she usually took in alliteration . |
| 3 | Police found credit cards in both the name of Garawand and Yousefi they also took the keys to a white Ford Transit van , which they discovered in a car park . |
| 4 | But 15 months after his last appearance in the ring he still takes pride in being called a boxer . |
| 5 | So desperate has the tribe 's situation become that the government Indian foundation FUNAI is attempting to contact all the remaining uncontacted Awa , an action it only takes as a last resort . |
| 6 | Not to mention the toll it inevitably takes on our looks ! |
| 7 | ‘ I used to see and feel things in the house , but being a child I just took it for granted that everybody else was seeing and feeling the same things . |
| 8 | Kate 's arms were clasped around her knees in an attitude she often took up . |
| 9 | But it does not follow , as Strawson asserts that it does , that we should have to take an objective attitude to all behaviour just like the attitude we now take to behaviour we call abnormal . |
| 10 | ‘ You tell him , ’ is the refrain they often take to the local schools , in admission that authority and control has been exhausted at home . |
| 11 | To her delight he even took to discussing his work with her , and Leonora listened , rapt , utterly fascinated by glimpses of the other , professional Penry Vaughan she secretly found so impressive . |
| 12 | Concerned , however , that these words might make him seem too frivolous , in the simple delight he obviously took in playing with his cat , he checks himself with the criticism that ‘ verily it may well be called an idle man 's pastime ’ . |
| 13 | She was afraid she might have a problem getting rid of him — not altogether sure she wanted to — but in the lobby he merely took her hand and raised it to his lips . |
| 14 | The multiple orgasm in the woman and rapid recovery of erection after ejaculation in the man were " discovered " by popular writers a few years ago and plugged relentlessly ; yet in the woman one violent orgasm may outweigh several minor ones or the latter may not even be invariably desired , while in the man a rapid re-erection is often physically impossible ( in the more virile youngster it usually takes half to three-quarters of an hour , in the older man anything up to 24 , but there is wide variation between individuals and in differently stimulating situations ) . |
| 15 | But in that case you just take a piece of new paper and put the down and put it on the clip . |
| 16 | The route you actually take will be influenced by things like the tide , obstacles like shallow water or other boats and by wind shifts and wind shadows from the land . |
| 17 | " You accepted the fact that you were there to be developed , improved and polished , " Eva comments , even if in her case she once took it rather too literally . |
| 18 | Now I 've erm changed my job I just take my ordinary handbag . |
| 19 | When you give them confidence they suddenly take off . |
| 20 | After a moment he gently took my hand and moved it away , saying nothing . |
| 21 | Whenever refraction takes place it always takes place according to the law of refraction stated above . |
| 22 | A former winner of the Bishops Cleeve Hurdle at Cheltenham 's January meeting he also took the Soudevar Hurdle at Down Royal when in his prime . |
| 23 | whose printing business he soon took over . |
| 24 | And of course we never took anything off her like for |
| 25 | If I 'm climbing up the wall I just take them out . |
| 26 | And then last night I just took my stuff and knocked myself out instead . |
| 27 | I 'm not quite sure whether that was a pat on the back or what but anyway erm and when Martin offered you for a drink I actually took it as a cup of tea actually so |
| 28 | POLICE have urged party-goers who were with Cadbury 's Flake model Rachel Brown on the night she unwittingly took an Ecstasy tablet to come forward . |
| 29 | When we talk to each other we usually take in this kind of visual information subconsciously . |
| 30 | and that was the only one night we never took the video camera with us |