Example sentences of "[noun prp] do not take " in BNC.
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| 1 | But his new picture of Marie did not take into account those disturbing scenes in her kitchen , or in the pill-box tunnels when her aggressive , violent behaviour had scared him half to death . |
| 2 | Picasso did not take to Beatrice , but her column two weeks later benefited : ‘ By the way ’ , she wrote , ‘ M. Picasso is painting a portrait of M. Max Jacob in a style , the mere rumour of which is causing all the little men to begin to say that , of course , Cubism was all very well in its way , but was never more than an experiment . |
| 3 | But to my surprise , Miss Kenton did not take her leave . |
| 4 | Miss Welty does not take up causes and has never been involved in any movement . |
| 5 | Tessa did not take a taxi . |
| 6 | JOANNA Greenside did not take any chances . |
| 7 | There was also criticism that SMRs did not take account of the health-care costs of social deprivation . |
| 8 | Alain did not take his own life , someone murdered him ! ’ |
| 9 | Mr. Graham does not take a fee for his talks but directs it to UNICEF . |
| 10 | Elections for the 14 Assam seats in the Lok Sabha did not take place in as scheduled in November 1989 because electoral rolls were incomplete [ see p. 36977 ] . |
| 11 | Dr Ali did not take his eyes off his face . |
| 12 | Rose did not take him at his word . |
| 13 | But Joe did not take any notice . |
| 14 | Odd that Johnson did not take note of Strichen , whose development was in full swing when he called there for his Wednesday lunch . |
| 15 | There is nothing in Serrano 's testimony to suggest that Franco did not take Arrese 's idea seriously . |
| 16 | Although the Russian qualifier is ranked only 238 , she won her first two tournaments ever on grass and Durie did not take her lightly . |
| 17 | The young Gian did not take up his position in society , however , preferring to travel and to spend his money on his collection . |
| 18 | As the principal original aims of the BDDA were the founding of missions in neglected areas , the establishment of a pension fund for the benefit of the aged and infirm , and the co-operation of all who were concerned for the welfare of the deaf and dumb , it is , perhaps , surprising that the BDDA did not take off more successfully and that the great majority of deaf and dumb people stood aloof from it . |
| 19 | I have checked with our Information Services manager and he tells me that Wimpey did not take any photographs of military airfields prior to or during the war years . |
| 20 | Francis Maginn did not take a prominent part in the affairs of the BDDA after its formation . |
| 21 | Gregory argues that if God did not take on a humanity like ours , then we are not redeemed ; for it was through sharing our humanity that Christ redeemed it . |
| 22 | He reminded North that it was possible for an American to disagree with him on that particular , ‘ and still love God , and still love this country just as much as you do ’ ; although He was regularly asked to do so , ‘ God does not take sides in American politics . ’ |
| 23 | The railways in Britain did not take the lead in developing the suburbs . |
| 24 | Blunden does not take the view that the couplet is capable of very great variety ; nonetheless , Leapor uses it ‘ skilfully and with point ’ . |
| 25 | Norman , however , recollects that at first Minton did not take it very seriously ; but one evening , when the two men had arranged to meet in a pub before going to the opera , Norman arrived late , having spent the afternoon with Henrietta , and realised on seeing Minton that he had begun to feel left out . |
| 26 | Nutty did not take in much of what the Sergeant said the first night . |
| 27 | Because of knocks Kenny Milligan ( Stewart's-Melville ) and Stirling County 's Kenny Logan did not take part , but will be fit for the match . |
| 28 | Sandra did not take the hint . |
| 29 | The dismissal of Haig would have been much more serious , but with Law 's advice Lloyd George did not take the risk . |
| 30 | Joyce did not take his defeat gracefully when his turn came to speak after the result was announced . |