Example sentences of "he [adv] take the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Captain 's sent him ashore to take the headrope . " |
| 2 | With relief she saw McGee descend to her rescue and she slipped into the background as he deftly took the Bishop 's coat . |
| 3 | For this purpose , the designer is too familiar with the product and he rarely takes the trouble to find out what the user really needs to know . |
| 4 | He merely takes the receipt , then goes . ’ |
| 5 | Margaret Jones : ‘ He only took the job for his father 's sake because his father thought that all this business with groups and music could well be a passing fad and that at least if he spent a year or two at work , it would give him some stable grounding to fall back on . |
| 6 | He says he only took the job because the neon sign always cheers him up ; but the fact is he really needs the money . |
| 7 | Usually he just takes the line of least resistance . |
| 8 | He finally took the advice of doctors a month later , and he went on a two-week holiday to Jamaica . |
| 9 | he sez he normally takes the bird out of the aviary to weigh her and she hopped out of the aviary and onto roofs nearby and has beenhopping ever since . |
| 10 | But Baccy never used a curse word , nor did he ever take the briar pipe out of his mouth despite having abandoned the tobacco habit on joining the church at the age of eighteen . |
| 11 | He also took the chance to visit the US during one of his vacations , and commented that , apart from benefiting from the opportunity to learn at one of the top colleges , he had also enjoyed experiencing a different culture during his time in London . |
| 12 | He also took the opportunity of writing , for the first time , to Sir William Jardine : |
| 13 | His best placing was third on Corbiere in 1985 and it would be ironic if this season , when arch rival Richard Dunwoody is leading the jockeys championship , Scudamore should win two of the big three races — he also took the Champion Hurdle on Granville Again . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | He also took the trouble to buy and read a new book of theology which Ramsey at that moment published ; an account of the development of English religious thought from the late Victorian age to the age of William Temple — From Gore to Temple . |
| 16 | " He probably took the trouble to find out as much as possible about you when he knew that you were a candidate for the job here . |
| 17 | He later took the floor again to explain his remarks as " shock diplomacy " , intended to illustrate the tone which Russian policy could adopt if the political opponents of President Boris Yeltsin were to come to power . |
| 18 | When he later took the trouble to add up the bill he discovered that the actual cost was Fr 1,481 , around £140 : an overcharge of £40 . |
| 19 | Downing Street said : ‘ He clearly took the view that it was not a problem . ’ |
| 20 | In his uniform and riding-boots he now took the salute in the style of Hitler or Mussolini from an open car and inspected the detachments of his uniformed men drawn up in Hyde Park or near Tower Green . |
| 21 | Then he really took the piss out of the Chelsea defence in the 70 Cup Final . |
| 22 | He really took the matter to heart and finally wrote his Master 's thesis on the subject . |
| 23 | He then takes the action , observes the changes and compares them with his stored version of those expected . |
| 24 | He then took the rope through her front and back legs and tied it firmly to the back bumper of the Mercedes , which Angel had backed into the yard . |
| 25 | He then took the experiment a stage further . |
| 26 | He then took the family south to Alabama for a short vacation before they all left the country . |
| 27 | In the end he reluctantly took the letter , though I do n't know what happened to it . |
| 28 | trustees comprise persons for the purposes of income tax ; 2. they comprise a separate entity liable to tax on monies they receive or which they are entitled to receive ; 3. the main inroads into that separateness and liability are of a restricted nature as explained in the Reid 's Trustees case ; these inroads are : ( a ) in certain cases ( but not all ) where a trustee mandates income direct to a beneficiary the trustee will not be liable to tax ( Williams v Singer ) ; ( b ) in the case of a life interest trust a see-through or conduit approach is adopted for identification of source purposes so that the origin and parentage of the income is not changed by virtue of its journey through the trust ( Archer-Shee v Baker ) ; ( c ) if income arises to the trustees of a life interest trust ( subject to deductions for expenses ) it is taxable upon the life tenant whether or not he actually takes the money ( Spen 's case ) . |
| 29 | Although for a time Simone tagged along in his life , he never took the affair seriously . |
| 30 | Pausanias thought Myrtilos was under the heads of Oenomaus 's horses , but since he certainly took the girl for male he may have meant her . |