Example sentences of "[adv] take [pos pn] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The author of Fishbase obviously takes his fishing very seriously indeed . |
| 2 | ‘ We believe , ’ the letter reads , ‘ that as in the case of Walter Scott , Thomas Hardy , George Eliot and other writers of genius among whom Stevenson rightfully takes his place , a commemorative postage stamp should be issued and his name likewise be honoured . ’ |
| 3 | Now the witch naturally takes his form and character from the society which conceives him . |
| 4 | There is a mystic , psychic quality about them that is pleasantly disturbing , and often one of them will gently take my hand and gaze steadily into my eyes as if willing me better and I feel sort of honoured to be welcomed into their society . |
| 5 | I can only take your word for it . |
| 6 | I can only take your word for that . |
| 7 | All I knew , in the heat of that moment , was that I had to protect you from me , had to take heed of that barely grasped truth that I could n't perhaps take your virginity and then just walk away . ’ |
| 8 | In ridding the game of these hangers-on we should perhaps take our lead from cricket , a game nobody watches . |
| 9 | These clubs did not necessarily take their sport in the spirit of fair play . |
| 10 | Do they take a blindfold and a pin into the booth with them , and then spend four years boasting that nobody had better take their support for granted if they want to get re-elected ? |
| 11 | You 'd better take her lamp upstairs out of the way as well because that 's , remember that 's a present . |
| 12 | One better take her parachute jumping and forgo forget to give her the parachute . |
| 13 | It 's so hot , I better take my coat off . |
| 14 | ‘ You had better take your time eating this lot , as it 's the last of the tinned food you helped to get out yesterday . ’ |
| 15 | Oh well you 'd better take your camera then . |
| 16 | US President Bush apparently took his decision to attend the summit only after having been urged repeatedly by the head of the US Environmental Protection Agency , William Reilly . |
| 17 | Arithmetic not only took my mind off the leg , but also spurred me to keep up a pace of four miles an hour . |
| 18 | But of Siward 's remaining small group , three were youths , and one of them , Crinan the son of Forne , not only took his name from his grandfather but looked , with his soft brown hair and tranquil gaze , remarkably like Thorfinn 's stepfather . |
| 19 | After a moment he gently took my hand and moved it away , saying nothing . |
| 20 | Melanie smelt the cloying plastic of Finn 's coat and impulsively took his hand , for company . |
| 21 | Maggie was silent and he suddenly took her arm . |
| 22 | There was an unusually complex situation at East Hendred , with three pensioners in addition to the parson all taking their cut : the abbot of Abingdon and the archdeacon of Berkshire each had ‘ a portion out of the rectory ’ of two marks and one , respectively , while a clerk named William Jones was entitled to ‘ a portion of tithes ’ to the value of 8s. , leaving £16. 1s. 4d. for the incumbent . |
| 23 | AS Stephen Hendry bent over the table to line up another shot there was more than victory at stake — he was literally taking his life in his hands . |
| 24 | ‘ Miriam is merely taking her cue from him when she makes nothing of emotion . |
| 25 | I 'm merely taking your advice . ’ |
| 26 | But he was used to people not liking him or his company and so took their attitude as expected . |
| 27 | And while her eyes went wide at the importance of that statement to the literary world , ‘ It was with no small degree of relief , ’ he continued , ‘ that I personally took my work to my publishers in Prague and , that done , resolved that apart from day-to-day correspondence I would have a whole month off — perhaps longer — and free my mind of anything connected with work . |
| 28 | He swiftly took his news to King Bel-Hathor . |
| 29 | The deal was set up by Ghazi Kenaan , Syria 's head of security in Beirut , who naturally took his cut off the top . |
| 30 | Mr Wilson is apparently taking his case to the Court of Appeal . |