Example sentences of "[pron] [adv] take a " in BNC.
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| 1 | She has opened me up to the world of tennis , although I do admit that I only take an interest because of her . |
| 2 | ‘ I only took a quick look , he 'd been dead a long time , it was n't nice , and yet — it looked like Uncle Mosse . ’ |
| 3 | I only took a wee bit , leave it there and I 'll eat it at the end of the day . |
| 4 | ‘ I just took a fancy to it . |
| 5 | ‘ I just took a flyer when I was at Stiff , ’ says the gently-spoken rock demon through a head cold . |
| 6 | I just took a walk around the grounds . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ I just took an instant shine to him . |
| 8 | I just take a couple of paracetamol . |
| 9 | At times , I just take a breather , actually stop and say , yeah hang on a minute , let's just walk through and work out what 's going on . |
| 10 | Should I just take a peek through the windows of those double doors — see if I can see him — Vern 's dad ? |
| 11 | I do n't care , did I just take a carton of that ? |
| 12 | And I already took a half day off flexi leave . |
| 13 | I am 23 and for the past three years I have been piling on the pounds without realising it until I finally took a good look at myself weighing in at 12st 3lbs ( 77.5kg ) at 5ft 4ins ( 1.6m ) . |
| 14 | If I if I ever take an incoming call here right ? |
| 15 | Despite these I always took a last look at the course on the first day of the tournament . |
| 16 | I always take a lot of care plumbing the depth , and even though I know this peg well , I will plumb it again . |
| 17 | ‘ I always take a positive view towards any claim . ’ |
| 18 | I always take a shower so have little experience of bath taps . |
| 19 | ‘ Well , I always take a nap of an afternoon and when you rap the knocker it startles me , which is bad for my nerves . ’ |
| 20 | I always take a bottle of water in the car for the children . ’ |
| 21 | I always take a turn in the restaurant to see there are no complaints . |
| 22 | I always take a bottle of claret and a meat pie to help me through the service and , when it 's finished , I gaze around to catch the eye of some pretty maid . |
| 23 | There is no right or wrong way and personally I always take a briefcase with me because there you have the tools of my trade in there . |
| 24 | To do all the things whether you feel like it or not , oh no , I usually take a back seat and then when it 's , I 'm . |
| 25 | In despair , I unsuccessfully took an overdose . |
| 26 | I also took a few injudicious swigs of potent farmhouse cider -but more of that liquid indiscretion in a moment . |
| 27 | I nearly took a picture of him ! |
| 28 | I cautiously take a closer look . |
| 29 | I remember this time after school there was a fight between blacks and whites ; I went and stayed in the toilets for a half-hour thinking what I should do and that 's when I really took a look at myself and thought about the white kids calling me names and the black kids saying ‘ come on ’ so I said ‘ all right ’ . |
| 30 | Having sized up the competition and feeling confident that I had nothing to fear , I boldly took a step forward , grabbed a morsel of soap and proceeded to scrub away . |