Example sentences of "take [pron] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 've come and I 've took my boots off and poured the bloody rain out . |
| 2 | I do n't spect she 's took my toothbrush — she probably put it somewhere . |
| 3 | I went upstairs , had a wash then took my place at the dining table . |
| 4 | and he 's been and gorrit , he 's took his half and it 's going , i cos I thought I 'll come to your house and tell you in front |
| 5 | It 's he 's took our life over in a certain respect |
| 6 | I was at the wardrobe , I 'd just took me trousers off and the bloody door flew open and I turned round , he was on the bed ! |
| 7 | Oh you 've took your things off your fridge ? |
| 8 | Oh yes it 's , it 's been changed a lot and a , and er , it 's made such a difference and I 've met er , I 've got a er fr a very good friend who 's , who 's a Red Cross young man who I met at Leah Manning and he takes me out in the car which I would n't , never get out otherwise because my boys are all working you see they ca n't , they 're busy working and erm do shift work and security work , one 's got his own security business and the other one 's got a factory in Bishop 's Stortford so that they do n't get much chance , they work away , some of them do that they can not get to take me out see , so he takes me out , which he 's very , very good you know , he 's , yesterday he took me to erm , yesterday we , he took me to Ongar to see his sister in the bungalow and then he took me for a meal at erm The Chariot at er , at Brentwood , Brentwood , yes Brentwood The Chariot , it was quite nice I had rather , a good time , erm cos usually I ca n't get out unless I go out in the wheelchair you see I 'm confined to a wheelchair , though I struggle out into the kitchen with me two sticks and I 've got a stool in there that I do all my own cooking and I make cakes and that and I 'm doing a cake gon na make a cake for Christmas for me brother and make a cake , er another one for myself like , but , and then I go to my erm daughter-in-law 's to spend Christmas Day and then I , I 'm going to my son 's and spend Boxing Day which is my birthday , I 'll be seventy four on Boxing Day I 'm dreaded to say , yeah , but erm , this young man that takes me lives in Northbrooks , he 's er a widower , but he 's very , very good , he helps all us old people , you know , he 's ever so good he is to me , he comes up and brings my shopping today , does my shopping for me as well , so , well he 's , yes , he 's most kind , for , nearly two years I 've know him , that 's a photo over there , it was taken at a wedding look , of my , that 's it , over there , taken at a wedding dear , very good |
| 9 | Iona takes me prisoner . |
| 10 | Well once I 've got you know once I 've got the shape of the story in my mind I can it down in an hour or so every time you know it 's in long hand , then it takes me hours to type it but er you know the actual once I 've got the idea I I find it necessary to get it all down you know in long hand as quickly as possible . |
| 11 | ‘ What if he takes them hostage ? ’ |
| 12 | Roz Scott Huxley at Manchester Computing Centre has also written a user note for SASPAC91 on the Manchester mainframe ; in addition to explaining commands relating to SASPAC91 , it also assumes the user is not familiar with CMS ( the Conversational Monitor System running on the mainframe ) and the XEDIT editor , and takes them step by step through creating a command file , running it interactively , offline or remotely , and collecting the output ( Scott Huxley 1993 ) . |
| 13 | I 've got a space , now , that takes my life , my things , and me . |
| 14 | So , having drawn out my basic shapes , I can fill them with whatever takes my fancy , or possibly the fancy of a customer . |
| 15 | Once in Kentish Town , we stop at the shop and Crilly buys me a carton of food : soup and cheese and biscuits and cereal , chocolate and bread and ham and whatever else takes my fancy . |
| 16 | It is n't quite so quick to use as the knobs of a panel-mounted set as there is no way of rotating the full MHz figures separately from the decimals ( it takes my fingers well over 150 twiddles to get from 118,00 to 136.975 Mhz ) , but there is a twenty-frequency memory bank , and you can cycle quickly through the stored frequencies . |
| 17 | Wearing an immaculate white uniform , he takes my briefcase . |
| 18 | They Les takes my word for it . |
| 19 | ‘ I would mine uncle would let me have my life , though he takes my crown , ’ he had been heard to say on one occasion . |
| 20 | I shall be happy for the fellow who takes my place . ’ |
| 21 | He takes my hand and squeezes it hard . |
| 22 | I know I 'm in trouble when the beautiful Philippino nurse I met in Dr McKenzie 's consulting room takes my hand and says , ‘ Hold tight and scream if you want . ’ |
| 23 | Nein says Herta as she takes my hand and places it , for an angry moment , between her thighs . |
| 24 | She takes my hand . |
| 25 | He lifts me out without speaking , takes my hand and leads me , snivelling and sobbing , back towards the caravan . |
| 26 | He takes my hand . |
| 27 | He takes my hand . |
| 28 | Crilly takes my hand and leads me in . |
| 29 | As the nondrinker I get first go ( why ? ) and it takes my breath away . |
| 30 | It takes my breath away , so although she is half asleep she gets in first : ‘ Did you get through ? ’ |