Example sentences of "and [pers pn] do [not/n't] take " in BNC.

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1 He 's a fabulous guy and very funny , but it took a long time , and I do n't take credit for it , but it took a long time to put him in a situation where I felt that he was at maximum ‘ comfortableness ’ , so that his shyness — and he was very shy — was overcome .
2 That there 's an attempt here to trying to save as many of those jobs as possible and I do n't take the insurances of the gone through the system now , but exactly true you 're saying that it is .
3 I was interested in my work and I did not take one day 's holiday during the next two years .
4 Like Paula , I thought they were old ledgers and I did n't take much notice .
5 and I did n't take the ones I already had .
6 And you do n't take a strange card in the blind alley .
7 Her babysitters are mainly women in their late 20s and she does n't take on anyone under 18 .
8 general studies and that 's , you know , er she 's n not randy in that but she 's knows all the all the interesting bit , I du n no we have her for erm , yeah for that and she 's quite a laugh and she does n't take any shit from the boys at all .
9 And she did n't take individual actions what she took was what she called clusters .
10 Oh and she did n't take no bloody notice of me might have been
11 and she did n't take any money
12 And we do not take ourselves seriously like the French : we can demolish everything with our humour .
13 Mrs Vendrely , mother of Alexander , seven , Ryan , two , and Lianne , five weeks , said : ‘ I am disgusted because , as the wives of US servicemen , we are not eligible for any state benefits and we do n't take advantage of the public services .
14 But I 'm afraid the trail was cold before I called them in , and we did n't take it the length of broadcasting or advertising .
15 It was n't meant to be a cycling holiday and we did n't take any bikes with us , but Peter and Judy had a bike apiece for us to borrow .
16 Also Keith thought he could n't have any children because he 'd been out with a girl for a year before I started going out with him and they did n't take any precautions and she never got pregnant .
17 ‘ Oh — and they did n't take your swimming trunks either . ’
18 One may hear echoes of this kind of project in I.A. Richards or the New Critics , but they none of them have the same degree of theoretical rigour and consistency , and they do not take the emphasis on the distinctively literary to the same degree .
19 Leggings , whether glittery or plain , would also be a super present for the young — or the young at heart — and they do n't take long .
20 They probably would n't serve me anyway ; little rich girl on the hill , her friends ‘ dabble ’ in the arts and they do n't take smack and neither does she , really , except on weekends .
21 exercise that you do in terms of assertion in terms of helping build people 's assertion is what we call a broken record exercise , okay where one person wants something and the other person is trying to change their minds , okay , you get it in conversation when people do n't take you seriously and you 've asked for something and they do n't take you serious they try and avoid the point , they try and change the subject .
22 And they do n't take their shoes off when they go in , cos we saw them go in did n't
23 And they do n't take any crap from anyone , I tell you !
24 He said there were items which he had wanted to buy but Mrs Knight did not want to sell and he did not take them away .
25 And he did n't take much interest in my mother either and that put enough emotional pressure on her to maybe no , not be such a good mother as she might otherwise have been .
26 From what I 've heard he did n't take his car and he did n't take one of his vans either . ’
27 And he did n't take any notice of what she was asking or saying and he did n't take any notice of her at all .
28 And he did n't take any notice of what she was asking or saying and he did n't take any notice of her at all .
29 Of course he 's not been well for some time and he did n't take care of himself . ’
30 And he did n't take her out ?
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