Example sentences of "take [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 've been helping everybody who 's took that flu , and I think I 've . |
| 2 | I would 'ave took that title , Danny , ’ he said passionately , his voice almost breaking with a note of despair . |
| 3 | that 's right , I mean she 's , she 's took some money , or taken some money if , I mean she 'll be home twelve o'clock if it do n't suit her like |
| 4 | I 'd spent so much time on my own , sitting watching birds , or reading about them or drawing them , that I did n't make many friends , and those I had took second place to the birds . |
| 5 | Anyway , all that — and the Rogan Josh , which I 'd took real sweat over right down to serving it with iced bottles of Kingfisher lager and quarters of lime and rice fried with egg and to hell with the risk of salmonella — was before Billy Tuckett dropped in . |
| 6 | Unless she 's took three quarters of turkey back . |
| 7 | I 've took illegal drugs and prescribed drugs . |
| 8 | On his return to the Works , the horseman was challenged by Mason , as to the reason the horses were tethered in this location , ‘ I was took short sir ’ he said ‘ Oh ’ , replied Mason : ‘ It looked as though you were thirsty ! ! — do n't let it happen again' . |
| 9 | One theory is the pilot took one risk too many on a low level flight and hit the ground . |
| 10 | Nobody 's even took any notice of it . |
| 11 | Inquiries must continue , however , to discover if Trevor Graham , a chartered surveyor , takes rural walks . |
| 12 | We told them how our oldest member , 91-year-old Mr. Hunt , takes unfailing care of our security , and sits at the hub of the affair providing a whole intelligence service for us as well . |
| 13 | Does he agree that it is time we had a real clampdown on the possession of firearms throughout society , remembering that the problem will not be cured unless the Home Office takes strenuous action in relation to the legal as well as the illegal holding of firearms ? |
| 14 | The council says it would welcome the chance to expand on the submission when the inquiry takes oral evidence . |
| 15 | This does not worry him , since he takes political Realism to be a limiting case whose usefulness has less to do with describing the actual conduct of foreign policy than with providing a way of explaining it . |
| 16 | Mr Keith cited three examples of information on the map , prepared for the association , which he disputes : that it takes four-and-a-half hours to travel from his home town of Durness , in Sutherland , to Inverness ; that from Dunvegan , on Skye , to Inverness , via Portree , takes four hours 45 minutes , and that Inverness to Dalwhinnie takes one hour 25 minutes . |
| 17 | Yeah , but he said he 'd tell us he takes eleven tablets a day |
| 18 | It now looks a big mistake to have joined the ERM at all , at any exchange rate , without first having created political institutions capable of running monetary policy in a way that takes due consideration of the needs of all members of the European Community . |
| 19 | If the average golf swing takes 1.5 seconds , then a score of 80 means that 120 seconds were spent on the physical act of swinging . |
| 20 | The college takes 500 pupils from across the world and decided to call in debt collectors as a last resort . |
| 21 | The Unit has 26 academic staff and takes full-time PhD students . |
| 22 | In the steepest , wettest areas , stock-rearing takes complete precedence , and little , if any , arable farming is undertaken . |
| 23 | The defendant in a personal injuries action is likely to be represented by an insurance company , which takes complete control of and financial responsibility for the claim . |
| 24 | Acceleration to 60mph takes 9.2 seconds for the turbo and 11.3 seconds for the non-turbo , which has a top speed of 111mph . |
| 25 | To deal with this , a steady traffic of lorries takes solid waste from the plant to the nearby Drigg dump . |
| 26 | In light of this , anybody who takes strange tablets should observe certain basic precautions . |
| 27 | Objectification describes the inevitable process by which all expression , conscious or unconscious , social or individual , takes specific form . |
| 28 | She takes little exercise , does not even walk much , and prefers to use the car or public transport . |
| 29 | IT 'S A fact that a fit 70-year-old has the same heart work-rate efficiency as a 30-year-old who takes little exercise . |
| 30 | IT 'S A fact that a fit 70-year-old has the same heart work-rate efficiency as a 30-year-old who takes little exercise . |