Example sentences of "he take a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I have been 30 hours and more with him this year so far , and I have never seen him take a drink . |
| 2 | I saw him take a look at the boat-house first , then , when I suppose he saw you were n't home , he went up towards the house , and after a bit he came back with a bag , you know , like Santa Claus , slung over his shoulder . |
| 3 | Let him take a knife , and I 'll see the colour of his inside ! ’ |
| 4 | I can give evidence that I s right for , say , we 'll go back to his , his er idea , suspicion of murder , I can say I saw him take a hammer and whack him , split his head open , he dropped down dead . |
| 5 | He went to her , taking her shoulders gently , wanting , despite his anger , to make things right between them , but she shrugged him off , turning violently to confront him , the fury in her eyes making him take a step back from her . |
| 6 | He ignored the mop , just staring at me , and I saw him take a breath ready to defy me so I spoke before he could . |
| 7 | From now on you 'll see him taking a part . |
| 8 | It occurred to him that if she belonged to Gary , there was nothing to stop him taking a sort of family ownership too . |
| 9 | I thought this was quite early in the case for an aggravation , so I had him take a dose every other day after diluting the remedy in a second glass of water . |
| 10 | Julia watched him take a handkerchief from his trouser pocket with one hand while shaking the debris of the cat 's cradle from the other . |
| 11 | Then , once inside the sitting-room , she bade him take a seat . |
| 12 | An example of the former came from Continental FC 's captain Barry Dennis , who , having left school , went to college where he gained a Full Technological Certificate enabling him to take a position in the computer industry . |
| 13 | Beck , who had been woken up by the Oscar-nominee , offered him a bed in the living room but told him to take a cab over . |
| 14 | I forgot to ask him to take a cab . |
| 15 | I told him to take a miss on the instruction part . |
| 16 | The theatre management urged him to take a holiday , but he refused , not wanting to disappoint the audiences who were still rushing to get seats at each performance . |
| 17 | He tended to come behind the bit , so I wanted a fixed bit to encourage him to take a contact rather than a loose ring one . |
| 18 | I ca n't very well ask him to take a fortnight off because you do n't like him . |
| 19 | He said his name was Pearson , he was from coypu control and would it be all right for him to take a look round the lake ? |
| 20 | ‘ I 'd better find a builder , then , and ask him to take a look . ’ |
| 21 | She looked at the woman , this woman who was her mother , this woman who lived behind a façade , who would n't let her husband into her bed and had caused him to take a mistress . |
| 22 | ‘ I told him to take a break and have a rethink about the rest of the meeting . ’ |
| 23 | So great was Paul 's obsession that the only way Mrs Bedworth could force him to take a break was by switching off the electricity supply at the mains , she told Southwark Crown Court . |
| 24 | ‘ Is it so wrong for him to take a pep pill ? |
| 25 | And oh , how she 'd love to use that choice and tell him to take a hike , she thought longingly . |
| 26 | He 'd come to complain to me because our student ( teacher ) had asked him to take a tray back to the ( dinner ) hatch . |
| 27 | Last year , while Mr Brown was earning $195,000 , Mr Powell was reportedly getting more than $275,000 from LACMA , and National Gallery Chairman Franklin Murphy told The Art Newspaper , ‘ We certainly wo n't ask him to take a cut in salary ’ . |
| 28 | He 's going to see the Colonel tonight to tell him to take a month 's leave after he 's been discharged from hospital . ’ |
| 29 | Do not give your camera to a passing stranger and ask him to take a picture of you , so many times it has happened that the stranger has then run off with it . |
| 30 | He takes a nap on a bed and guzzles four pints of milk a day . |