Example sentences of "[pers pn] just take a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | ‘ I just took a fancy to it . |
2 | I just took a walk around the grounds . ’ |
3 | ‘ I just took a flyer when I was at Stiff , ’ says the gently-spoken rock demon through a head cold . |
4 | I just take a couple of paracetamol . |
5 | 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 . |
6 | Should I just take a peek through the windows of those double doors — see if I can see him — Vern 's dad ? |
7 | I do n't care , did I just take a carton of that ? |
8 | Let me just take a coffee down to er . |
9 | You can get brown without burning , and restrict sun damage , if you just take a bit of care and be scrupulous about protection . |
10 | But in that case you just take a piece of new paper and put the down and put it on the clip . |
11 | Why do n't you just take a case of it , one of those cases home , one of the empty empty cases ? |
12 | Once she 'd put the phone down on him the previous night she 'd regretted her skittish way with him , and , after a heart-to-heart with Marlin in which she 'd told him she wanted to go back to England , and he 'd replied that it would all seem different in the morning and why did n't she just take a pill and lie down , she 'd decided to call him back . |
13 | Oh we just take a bite or two out of them , say the parents . |
14 | ‘ Maybe they 're divorced and hurt , so they just take a child . ’ |
15 | I think they have a cheek to complain about people writing other people 's press releases when they ca n't even write their own speeches , they just take a bit of their leaders and claim it as their own . |
16 | So why , why , why ca n't you just erm why ca n't they just take a bit off everybody in that case and , and inflict the same degree ? |
17 | It just takes a smile or a joke , and Kriss Akabusi has won them round . |
18 | The mowing used to take a week , now it just takes a couple of days . |