Example sentences of "[noun sg] [pers pn] take [pos pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For a start she was a graduate , and although intellectual ability was by no means the main criterion she took her studies seriously and came top of the class in most subjects . |
| 2 | In the dress rehearsal when she held out her finger for the ring he took her pulse . |
| 3 | On the terrace he took his decision . |
| 4 | I hen I take my stuff over to the table by the window . |
| 5 | After a bath and a leisurely drink at the public bar he took his car and drove up the hill on to the moor . |
| 6 | Of course you take your work away with you . |
| 7 | The shower is the only time in any twenty-four-hour period I take my underpants right off . |
| 8 | Two days before the 1986 meeting I took my starting blocks home to my flat and left them on the kitchen floor . |
| 9 | With that remark I took my leave and made my way through the orchard and onto the road leading to Brigade H.Q That evening as I lay in my trench I thought about the events of the first seven days in Normandy . |
| 10 | Whichever way we leave the hill we take our lives in our hands . |
| 11 | Let me just , just show you a little thing here just enclosing , just linking it up there , there it is , it 's , it 's a well known little picture , it 's a picture of a wheel where there in the centre the hub is Christ , you see when the hub has got to be the centre otherwise the wheel does not run true and there with Christ is the hub , the centre of your life , the centre of my life , and you and I our lives our selves , there on the outside , were the rim and there 's those spokes that hold it together and make it run true the spoke of , of the bible , God 's word allowing him to speak to us , the spoke of prayer , our communion with God , our praying to him , the spoke of obedience following him obeying him , bringing our lives into , into line with what he says in his word , he says if you love me you will keep my commandments , that 's why we 've got to learn and get to know them from his word and then the spoke of fellowship somebody as likened them to prayer , being like air , our breath , the bible being like food , giving us nourishment and strength , fellowship , it 's the family situation and in just as in a nature family there is , that is the place for care , it 's the place for support it 's the place of sharing , it 's the place of love , where it should be , so God 's family , and then the final one their obedience like exercise , keeping fit , it 's the callisthenics , it 's keeping the muscles toned , obeying what he tells us in his word , well that 's what it means to be a Christian bringing ourselves into line with him and allowing him to re-fashion us in his image and it 's a process that 's going on all the time , Wesley and his hymn talks about us being used and the scripture being changed from glory into glory , till in heaven we take our place there , like him , John says when we see him , we shall be like him , but we shall see him as he is and that 's God 's purpose for you and for me , to be like him , and the moment we come to him and respond to him , the process starts and it goes on , day in , day out , night in , night out , week in , week out , over the years him changing and fashioning us into the image of his son , because that 's how he created us originally , he created to be like him and in this new creation , we were singing we are a new creation , it 's to be like him . |
| 12 | After a moment he took her hands in his . |
| 13 | Sharpe tried to draw his own sword , but the moment he took his right hand off the reins he almost fell and the mare immediately tried to check . |
| 14 | With Oliver Cromwell 's approval he took his seat on 7 February , bringing his legal and administrative experience to the task , and he attended all but a handful of recorded meetings between 7 February and 5 December . |
| 15 | ‘ With this mark I take your spirit with me . |
| 16 | On the day she took her overdose , Pamela had been taking her end-of-term examination in Biology and English , but thought that she had done very badly . |
| 17 | One day they took their niece , Doris Carter , to a rehearsal : |
| 18 | Mark Kiff went to see him on the day he took his test . |
| 19 | To her chagrin he took her acceptance for granted . |
| 20 | And therefor by the shadwe he took his wit |
| 21 | Under the umbrella they had to walk very close together and after a while he took her hand and hooked it through his arm . |
| 22 | ‘ He 's got young black America eating out of his hand , because every night he takes their culture , and shoves it in mainstream America 's face . |
| 23 | On Friday morning I take my neighbour shopping . |
| 24 | Several paces from her flat she took her keys from her jacket pocket ; she kept her keys in her pocket rather than her bag in case of mugging . |
| 25 | Then , since the fisherman did not come home , every morning she took his supper to the cliff-side and fed it to the wild snakes ; every noon she took the hempen nets and gave them to the sea-birds to build their nests . |
| 26 | So effectively we take our input pattern we take our tuple we force is through our function here we get our value out sum value of of the tuple and that 's J and that indicates within the weight array that we 're looking at which weight we actually set . |
| 27 | In the same swoop they took my father 's silver cigarette case . |
| 28 | The following week he took his family on Sunday and has been a member of the church ever since . |
| 29 | While she started sorting out the lettuce from the spinach I took my leave and went up to my room . |
| 30 | Secondly councillor I take your point , sixty percent or so of people are on are erm sixty six p , I deferred your great knowledge . |