Example sentences of "i [adv] 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 | I always take a bottle of water in the car for the children . ’ |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | I always take a shower so have little experience of bath taps . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | I always take a turn in the restaurant to see there are no complaints . |
| 13 | ‘ Well , I always take a nap of an afternoon and when you rap the knocker it startles me , which is bad for my nerves . ’ |
| 14 | I always take a lot of care plumbing the depth , and even though I know this peg well , I will plumb it again . |
| 15 | I nearly took a picture of him ! |
| 16 | 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 ’ . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | I simply took a glass of Ephractian feather-wine and nodded . |
| 19 | He asked why I never took a case in Benedict 's Private Wing . |
| 20 | See , I used to , I never took a mare away wi with me in foal , to foal down at fo away , you know , to be coming away without I had a to a foal 's head collar . |
| 21 | I never took a meal with him , but I should be surprised to find that he ate with a good appetite . |