Example sentences of "[noun] but take " in BNC.
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| 1 | Benjamin heard the faint crackling in the undergrowth but took one look at me and gave up any idea of pursuit . |
| 2 | On Tuesday , the NUM was not only threatening strike action but taking it . |
| 3 | The youngest children started the most quarrels but took the less aggressive role during the quarrel . |
| 4 | Gazza headed home Signori 's free kick to tie the scores at 1-1 in the first half but took a knock on the ankle just before halftime and was less influential in the second half . |
| 5 | What Lifshitz and Khalatnikov did was to study models of the universe that were roughly like Friedmann 's models but took account of the irregularities and random velocities of galaxies in the real universe . |
| 6 | As Anwar pointed and explained and waved at tins and packets and bottles and brushes , Changez nodded like a bright but naughty schoolboy humouring the eager curator of a museum but taking nothing in . |
| 7 | If necessary half-time your exercises to the music beat — slow exercises not only minimise the risk of incorrect positioning but take more effort to sustain ! |
| 8 | NQUE JOINS THE WINDOWS UNDER UNIX FRAY BUT TAKES A NEW TACK BY HOSTING UNIX AS A WINDOWS APPLICATION |
| 9 | He trained as an engraver but took up work with deaf people and became their missioner in Paisley , Scotland . |
| 10 | She was considerably shaken by this exchange but took care not to show it . |
| 11 | The frequency of intercourse approximately halves in the first year of marriage but takes about 20 years to halve again . |
| 12 | Steve Cram , the Olympic 1500 metres silver medallist in 1984 , still has to launch a serious challenge for his place in the team but took another solid step on the road to Barcelona with an encouraging relay leg at Sheffield . |
| 13 | The good head gains credibility by never pointing the finger at others to explain failure but takes personal responsibility when things do n't go well . |
| 14 | Though this work was done to explain the strength of very tiny crystals it is worthy of the attention of engineers who are perhaps somewhat frightened of cracks but take a rather light-hearted view of steps in machinery and structures . |
| 15 | Regulatory agencies in America have been required , as a result , not just to involve others in the decision-making process but to take a ‘ hard look ’ at all the relevant issues and alternatives , including abandoning a project , to give reasons for decisions and to make continuous disclosure of the facts and assumptions which it relies on in promulgating a rule . |
| 16 | Alternatively we accept a direction but take no action in that direction until we are sufficiently tempted to do so . |
| 17 | He got it with the cruel bonus of a broken jaw but took Tyson the distance . |
| 18 | They will implement policies but take few initiatives themselves . |
| 19 | Already the atmosphere is such that companies such as Chubb Insurance Company of Europe is advising client directors to make concerted efforts not only to be familiar with all aspects of their companies ' activities but to take prudent action at the boardroom table : right down to ensuring all documents are prepared ‘ with the expectation that they will be scrutinised at a later date by others who are looking for evidence of wrongdoings ’ , that detailed minutes are taken , and that they should vote against any proposal rather than abstain because abstention could be construed as approval . |
| 20 | Donated by a kind benefactor at some stage and affectionately known as " the old bomb " , it always seemed to get them to country open airs and cottage meetings but took exception to a trip to Sydney for a Congress . |
| 21 | After pressing for about twenty seconds you remove your hand and , as you do so , you remove the coin but take it upwards so it can not be seen , look at the forehead as if the coin is still there and start everyone counting . |
| 22 | Publishers are pure NIMBYs : they adore exotic travelogues but take fright at ‘ state-of-the-nation ’ narratives from nearer home . |
| 23 | The effect began within a few minutes but took an hour or more to reach a maximum . |
| 24 | In the 1656–8 Parliament , as a member for Surrey , he was active in committees but took little part in the debates . |
| 25 | Becky did not flinch from the cold water but took a deep breath as I lowered her down beneath Our Lady 's statue . |
| 26 | Anyway , the Tallentires never gave up their music because when Grandfather Tallentire set up house in a little farm called Northside he went to buy an organ but took a fancy to a piano and came back with that instead . |
| 27 | Erm the , there is an annex to the hotel , so some of us will be sleeping in the annex but taking all our meals in the , and it 's just round the corner |
| 28 | The many days spent not only taking oral and written evidence but taking part in the interesting innovation of seminars in which all the participants in the criminal justice system could come together and discuss the issues convinced him that there was no call and no advocate for the creation of a specific offence . |
| 29 | Seth had been defeated by Horus but took legal action to establish his claim to the throne of Osiris by bringing his case before the nine gods of Heliopolis . |
| 30 | He did not volunteer any further suggestions but took her to one of the few French restaurants he knew in Soho , where hopefully she would not be reminded of the man she loved . |