Example sentences of "[noun sg] [pron] take [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A ten For the next hour I took delivery of many additional purchases , the vast majority of which I could n't remember purchasing . |
| 2 | Of course I take care of myself ; massage , you have to work towards the heart . ’ |
| 3 | Of course I take account of feeling in the area ; but , as I said earlier , I also take account of the way in which feeling has been influenced by the misleading statements that have been put about over recent months . |
| 4 | When in football someone takes aim at the goal we say there is a sudden heightening of tension ; when it is all over after a noble save by the goalie there is an equally sudden slackening of tension . |
| 5 | Clutched tightly to the breast of a Shetland sweater I took breath and screamed . |
| 6 | And are there quite specific stages that one can recognise perhaps as a developmental psychologist which take place at roughly particular times in a child 's development ? |
| 7 | And are there quite specific stages that one can recognise perhaps as a developmental psychologist which take place at roughly particular times in a child 's development ? |
| 8 | Then , one day , Prince Brochwel of Powys was hunting in the valley and his hounds raised a hare which took refuge in a thicket . |
| 9 | After a Democratic Conference summoned to resolve the membership of the new government had failed , Kerensky was allowed to form a Third Coalition which took office on 27 September . |
| 10 | The outcome put a question mark over the long-term survival of the centre-left coalition which took power in March [ see p. 38821 ] with a strong commitment to constitutional reform . |
| 11 | But on the whole it is easy to value paintings by Japanese artists as they paint similar subjects , and new prices are set by the dealers ' auction which takes place once a month at the Tokyo Bijutsu Club , of which most big dealers are members . |
| 12 | The investment which takes place is in hedges against inflation rather than productive industries . |
| 13 | Gross investment is equal to net investment plus any replacement investment which takes place because of depreciation . |
| 14 | You mentioned boxing and that 's a sort of legitimate violence which takes place in a limited area and which people watch because presumably they enjoy it , but do n't wish to particularly partake in themselves , and whereas it 's all right for people to punch each other 's heads in the boxing ring , they would object to people coming outside the boxing ring and punching the spectators ' heads . |
| 15 | Clifford Geertz 's analysis of Balinese culture discussed in the last chapter , for example , has the unfortunate appearance of explaining the extremity of anti-communist violence which took place on the island in the mid-1960s as somehow linked to something essential about the Balinese as a society . |
| 16 | Co-operation between the teachers and therapists involved with the child aims at ensuring the formulation of a programme which takes account of all the physical , sensory and cognitive aspects of the child 's development . |
| 17 | Actual railway operations , however , did not begin until 5 January 1904 , when a special train left Oswestry for the ceremony which took place at Porthywaen Station . |
| 18 | Like all important ventures it went through a test period before holding an official opening ceremony which took place on Saturday 24th October 1992 . |
| 19 | Full entry into Christian society was determined by baptism , a ceremony which took place theoretically only on Easter day . |
| 20 | The pre-tests served to iron out anomalies , facilitated the development of a coding frame ( which allowed the raw data to be analysed using the Minitab Statistical package on the Brighton Polytechnic Vax computer ) , and prepared the ground for the pilot study which took place in a neighbouring health authority . |
| 21 | The analysis points to the need for the development of a fuzzy geodemographics methodology which takes account of the effects of different types of spatial errors . |
| 22 | The Football Association will wait until they receive the report of match referee Joe Worrall before deciding whether to take action over the mass confrontation which took place after Pointon 's tackle . |
| 23 | Just when Tod has established our relationship with Irene on a secure footing , the kind of set-up that any sane man would kill for , with her punctual visits and affectionate phone calls , the movies we enjoy together , the fine dining , the peace and safety ( the forgiveness ) that her presence confers , plus the exquisitely torpid lovemaking which takes place right on the button every couple of months or so , and reaching the stage , now , where I think we can tackle her , gently but firmly , about her untidiness around the house , because it 's best to get these things out in the open , not to let them rankle and fester , and so on-guess what . |
| 24 | Batley and Sheffield Eagles received a severe reprimand yesterday for the fighting which took place during their first-round Yorkshire Cup tie . |
| 25 | Rather the eucharist ( as also the passover ) is a re-presentation , yet anew each time , of an action which took place in the past . |
| 26 | There is , even in those societies which have established democratic institutions in the form of competing parties , free elections and a more or less independent ( though not necessarily impartial ) judiciary , a persistent discouragement of any political action which takes place outside the traditional framework of party politics and electoral contests . |
| 27 | Goulding , a former Wigan player who joined his home town club in a deal which took fullback Alan Tait to Leeds , has already made six appearances for Great Britain and five for the under-21s . |
| 28 | David Minton , as adept as he is fortunate as an international bloodstock agent , concluded the deal which took Party Politics into the ownership of Mrs Patricia Thompson . |
| 29 | Of the 44 per cent of the electorate who took part in the poll , 73 per cent supported the plant . |
| 30 | A JILTED lover who took revenge on women by jabbing them in the rear with knitting needles has come unstuck . |