Example sentences of "a [noun sg] does not take " in BNC.
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| 1 | First , such a change does not take place overnight among all artists ; and secondly it is very hard to be certain that a given statue from the Acropolis was actually set up before the invasion . |
| 2 | The traveller in a hurry does not take this kind of thing lying down . |
| 3 | He suggested that women are by nature passive and therefore less inclined to crime than men — although such a suggestion does not take account of the fact that by no means all crimes involve violence . |
| 4 | The nurse brings to the relationship a maturity which permits toleration of frustration if , for example , a patient is not at home when she makes a house call ; or if a patient does not take the prescribed medication ; or removes a dressing or falls out of bed . |
| 5 | Some would argue that such a view does not take into account the complex nature of the human mind . |