Example sentences of "he [verb] take " in BNC.
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| 1 | Perhaps as a result of his unpopularity , speculation about him has taken a new turn . |
| 2 | To an astonishing degree , the controversy about him has taken the form of a continuing debate about his private life . |
| 3 | The therapist may encourage him to practise taking off clothes by himself , having helped him to put them on , to build up his awareness and confidence . |
| 4 | Suddenly I had this vision of him having taken an overdose and phoning to say goodbye . |
| 5 | People would give him fleeces to take away to be finished off , perhaps coloured , at his mill . |
| 6 | In hindsight , it might have been better for him to have taken up the offer . |
| 7 | He had too , she realised , although she had been too absorbed in her own clumsy , hopeless awareness of him to have taken the fact in until now . |
| 8 | Everything around him had taken on a rosy hue and he felt excitement in his guts . |
| 9 | She did love him , she had always loved him , but now that they were both adults the love she felt for him had taken on a far greater significance . |
| 10 | Part of him wanted to take lessons from people of more decided character . |
| 11 | This brought to mind Mr Major 's curious pronunciation of such words as ‘ want ’ and the way in which the politicians around him have taken to saying wunt . |
| 12 | Yet when he made to take a line of stones he had surrounded from the board , the boy placed his hand over Tuan 's , stopping him , lifting his hand so that he might study the position , his face creased into a frown , as if trying to take in what he had done wrong . |
| 13 | Did he want to take off his coat ? |
| 14 | The following night the moon would be full and he planned to take a force of eighteen jeeps directly on to the airfield in two columns and shoot up anything they found . |
| 15 | He 'd danced here on the same legs that now lay dead beneath him , while Sartori had told him how he planned to take this wretched Dominion , and build in its midst a city that would shame Babylon ; danced for sheer exuberance , knowing his Maestro was a great man , and had it in his power to change the world . |
| 16 | He planned to take care of her himself over the next five days , he told her . |
| 17 | And without even checking where it was he planned to take her . |
| 18 | Gould would also be reunited with Natty and Jemmy , who he planned to take on the Namoi expedition . |
| 19 | Giving evidence , coroner 's officer DC Dave Hemes told how Mr Ryder , of Green Lane , Formby , gave no hint that he planned to take his own life . |
| 20 | He agreed to take out what he calls two innocent chapters on his work in MI5 but insisted on keeping in his views on the need for oversight . |
| 21 | He agreed to take his chance . |
| 22 | Boulton happened to be a creditor of Roebuck and to cover the debt he agreed to take Roebuck 's two-thirds share of Watt 's patent . |
| 23 | In need of money , he agreed to take on work as an artist 's model when Ricky Stride said he knew of an artist who would employ him , for Minton had seen photographs of Bowler and had remarked what a good model he would make . |
| 24 | The Prince of Wales is president of my organisation , Scottish Business in the Community , and ever since he agreed to take on that role he as dedicated a large amount of time to helping us , and in turn , helping communities , not because it 's it 's fashionable because he really believes in it and he wants to do hard work on our behalf and on the countrys ' behalf . |
| 25 | I got Bunny out of the pub just before chucking-out time and with a bit of persuasion he agreed to take me as far as Hackney , dropping me off at the end of Stuart Street . |
| 26 | David Emanuel , has an enviable clientele , but with a daughter at the College , he agreed to take charge of the charity event . |
| 27 | He agreed to take part in a Liverpool Polytechnic experiment to assess the effect of stress on referees , by monitoring the heartbeat and pulse , taking other factors such as fitness into account . |
| 28 | I can even remember when Finnegans Wake was thought to be incomprehensible and the gentleman sitting on my right , George Craig , is almost , but not quite , my contemporary at this university and I was genuinely delighted when he agreed to take on the herculean task of giving a lecture a centenary lecture on James Joyce . |
| 29 | He rode to take their tribute like a Roman general in triumph , and the cry ‘ Vive l'Empereur ! ’ rose again and again , first from the nearest troops , then from afar . |
| 30 | He expected to take on at least another four by September and more once the village was fully operational . |